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 | | Encouraged by his brother, a member of the banned Brazilian Communist party, he took an active role in the Metalworkers’ Trade Union of São Bernardo do Campo and Diadema, which represented some 100,000 workers in the São Paulo metropolitan region. |
 | | He ran unsuccessfully as the PT candidate for the Brazilian presidency in 1989, 1994, and 1998. |
 | | The first Brazilian president to come from the working class, Lula took office on Jan. 1, 2003, pledging to end hunger, implement land reform, combat corruption, and stimulate economic growth. |
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