Janja Lula da Silva

Janja Lula da Silva is a Brazilian sociologist who specializes in history and has an MBA in social management and sustainability. A member of the Workers' Party since her youth, she is also the wife of the current President of Brazil, Lula da Silva. She has worked for decades on social projects on gender, income generation, and sustainable development at two of Brazil's largest energy companies, Itaipu Binacional and Eletrobrás. She currently promotes public policies to combat gender violence, food insecurity, and hunger, and to increase women's political participation. She is an ambassador for school feeding and the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil.

Source: Office of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, September 2024