
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2022.

Lula sits for a picture with his sister in 1949.

Lula is seen as a young man in an undated photo from the 1960s.

Lula is lifted by his metalworker colleagues after a union rally in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, in 1979. He became a metalworker in 1966 and was elected president of the metalworkers Union in 1975.

Lula poses for a mugshot in 1980 after being arrested for organizing a metalworkers union strike. He spent 31 days in jail.

As a first-time presidential candidate, Lula displays his vote before placing it in a ballot box in Rio de Janeiro in 1989. Lula ran in Brazil's first democratic elections since 1960.

Lula speaks at a Worker's Party rally in São Bernarrdo do Campo in 1989.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, speaks with Lula during a political gathering of some nearly 100,000 students in Havana, Cuba, in 2000. The two were known to be longtime friends.

Lula speaks during debate with students and teachers at the University of Brasília in 2002. He lost his left pinky finger at the age of 19 while working in an automobile parts factory.

Lula waves to supporters after casting his ballot in his hometown of São Bernardo do Campo in 2002. This was Lula's second presidential run where he would go on to win with 61.3% of the vote.

Lula waves to supporters with his wife Marisa after he received the presidential sash at his inauguration in Brasília in 2003.

Lula and his wife Marisa pose for a picture in front of Egypt's pyramids in Giza in 2003.

Lula speaks during the 2005 World Summit at the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks with Lula during the laying of the foundation stone of an oil refinery in Recife, Brazil, in 2005. The refinery would be built by the two national oil companies, Pedevesa from Venezuela and Petrobras from Brazil.

From left, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lula and South African President Thabo Mbeki shake hands in Brasília at the Brazil-India-South Africa summit in 2006.

A family in Serra Azul, Brazil, watches Lula speak on TV in 2006. Elaine and Lola are beneficiaries of the "Bolsa Família" program, a social plan created by Lula during the first year of his presidency. It was a widely successful program that gave millions of Brazilians living in poverty a monthly pension.

Lula kisses the Brazilian flag as he leaves after casting his vote in São Bernardo do Campo in 2006. Lula ran for his second term in 2006, winning on a run-off vote.

Lula waves as he climbs up the Planalto Palace ramp beside Vice President José Alencar Gomes da Silva during his 2007 inauguration ceremony in Brasília.

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Lula prior to a working session of the G8 leaders in 2007 in Heiligendamm, Germany.

Lula poses with indigenous Brazilians at the Planalto Palace in Brasília in 2007 after signing a decree that created six news indigenous territories.

Chinese leader Hu Jintao greets Lula at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, in 2008.

Lula waves a Brazilian flag while posing for a picture in 2008 with workers of the Brasil-Fels shipyard, who built the Petrobras oil platform in Angra dos Reis, Brazil.

President Barack Obama greets Lula during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in 2009.

Lula celebrates with members of the Brazilian Olympic delegation, including football legend Pele, in Copenhagen in 2009 after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro had won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Lula and then-Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff talk during a ceremony celebrating International Womens' Day in Brasília in 2009. Rousseff would go on to become Brazil's next president after being handpicked from the Worker's Party as Lula's successor.

Lula arrives at a hospital in São Paulo in 2011 for his third and final session of chemotherapy. He was diagnosed with larynx cancer October of that year.

Outgoing President Lula da Silva and his wife Marisa leave the Planalto Palace with newly sworn-in Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Vice President Michel Temer in Brasilia in 2011. Rousseff beat opposition candidate Jose Serra in a run-off election to become the South American nation's first female president.

Lula attends a news conference in São Paulo in 2016. He was facing corruption charges, which eventually led to his imprisonment. The sentences were later annulled, paving the way for him to run for re-election.

Lula watches from the gallery as President Rousseff testifies on the Senate floor during her 2016 impeachment trial in Brasilia. She was found guilty of breaking budgetary laws and removed from office.

Lula is released from prison in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2019. Lula started serving a 12-year sentence for corruption and money laundering in April 2018. His early release was made possible by a Brazilian Supreme Court decision that determined defendants can remain free until they have exhausted all appeals. That ruling reversed a previous decision that had helped put dozens of powerful politicians and business leaders behind bars.

Lula addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro in September 2022.

Lula greets supporters in São Paulo on the eve of the general election in October 2022.

Lula's hands are seen during a meeting with Franciscan friars at his campaign headquarters in São Paulo in October 2022.

Lula votes in the run-off election in São Bernardo do Campo on Sunday, October 30.