Brazil's incumbent head of state, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has won the country's presidential election and will lead the nation for a fourth time, infohub.kz reports.
With 99.98% of votes counted, Lula da Silva took 51.78% of the vote. His rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, received 48.22%.
As the publication notes, the victory came as something of a birthday gift for the politician: he turns 81 on October 27. The incoming president was born into a large peasant family, began working at a factory at the age of 14, joined the metalworkers' union in the state of São Paulo at 23, and 12 years later founded the socialist Workers' Party, which he ran under this year as well.
The virtual absence of formal education — Lula da Silva dropped out of school after the fourth grade and later trained as a mechanic — did not stop him from mounting several bids for the Brazilian presidency in the 1980s and 1990s.
He became head of state on his fourth attempt, serving two terms from 2003 to 2011. He was elected to a third term in 2022, defeating Jair Bolsonaro — the father of his current rival, Flávio Bolsonaro.