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President’s Biography
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (commonly known as “Lula”) was first elected President of Brazil in 2002 and, in October 2006, he was re-elected for a second four-year mandate.
A labourer in the metallurgical industry and an active unionist, he became President of the Metallurgists Trade Union in 1975. President Lula founded the Worker’s Party (PT- Partido dos Trabalhadores) in 1980, and later co-founded and became president of the Central Workers Union (CUT – Central Unica dos Trabalhadores).
Last year, President Lula received the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize from UNESCO. He also received the 2009 Chatham House Prize and the 2010 Davos Global Statesmanship Award.
BRAZIL
Official Title: Federative Republic of Brazil
GENERAL INFORMATION
Capital: Brasília
Population (million): 191.481
Total Area: 8,511,965 km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 1.74 Real (BRL)(2009)
National Holiday: September 7, Independence Day (1822)
Language(s): Portuguese
POLITICAL INFORMATION
Type of State: Federation
Type of Government: Republic
Head of State: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Head of Government: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Ministers:
External Relations : Celso Amorim
Dev., Industry & Foreign Trade : Miguel João Jorge Filho
Finance : Guido Mantega
Main Political Parties:
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Workers Party (PT), Democrats (DEM), Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Republic Party (PR), Progressive Party (PP)
Elections: Presidential, States: Oct. 2010 Municipal: Oct. 2012
ECONOMIC INFORMATION (2009)
Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year 2009. If listed as '0' or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable:
Brazil/// Canada
GDP: ($ billion) 1797.52/// 1527.67
GDP per capita: ($) 9387.46/// 45278
GDP growth rate: (%) -0.18/// -2.64
Inflation: (%) 4.9/// 0.3
Unemployment: (%) 0/// 8.3
Trade and Investment (2009)
Canadian exports to country: $1,600,001,155
Canadian imports from country: $2,577,684,652
FDI in Canada: $14845 million
CDI in Brazil: $11443 million
REPRESENTATION
Foreign Representation in Canada: Ambassador Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto
Canadian Representation Abroad: Ambassador Paul Hunt
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF, June 2010
FONTE: Blog do Planalto (http://blog.planalto.gov.br/)
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