Childhood

• Lula da Silva

• Born 27 Oct 1945 in the interior of Pernambuco

• Seventh of eight children

• Father left for São Paulo and his wife’s cousin just before Lula was born

• Raised in extreme poverty in the interior of Pernambuco

• Mother, Dona Lindu, the dominant influence in his childhood

• Fernando Henrique

• Born 18 June 1931 in Rio de Janeiro

• First born of three

• Good relationship with both parents

• Raised in a family with a distinguished history

• Father a leftist army officer, lawyer and politician

• Paternal grandmother dominant figure at home

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