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2023.01.02 02:45 GMT+8

Lula takes office for third term as Brazil's president

Updated 2023.01.02 02:45 GMT+8
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the presentation of the ministers appointed to his government at the building of the transitional government in Brasilia, Brazil, December 29, 2022. /CFP

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as president of Brazil.

He defeated far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in October elections.

Lula, 77, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, vowing to "maintain, defend and obey the constitution" as he returned to lead Latin America's biggest economy.

(With input from AFP)

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