Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu attended the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who returned to energy as Brazil’s president for a 3rd time period.
“Attended oath taking ceremony of @LulaOfficial, President of #Brazil. Conveyed President (Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan‘s message of congratulations,” Çavuşoğlu stated on Twitter, posting a photograph of him congratulating Lula.
Nineteen international leaders additionally attended the ceremony held within the capital Brasilia.
On Oct. 30 final 12 months, Lula beat incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in a good race, garnering 50.9% of the vote in contrast with Bolsonaro’s 49.1%, in accordance with Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court.
Lula had been a candidate through the 2018 presidential election till graft and cash laundering convictions curtailed his political aspirations. He was despatched to jail and Bolsonaro received the presidency.
In 2019, Lula was launched from jail after his convictions have been overturned by the Supreme Court, permitting him to run once more for workplace.
He was an influential determine through the “pink tide” period — a interval when many Latin American nations turned to the left.
The former union chief’s rise to the presidency comes as Latin America has witnessed a brand new wave of regional leftist leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and Peru.
