Luiz Inácio da Silva has announced he will run for a fourth term as Brazil's president in the nation's elections in 2026.
The 79-year-old had indicated during his last election campaign that it would be his last - but stressed he did not feel his age in comments during a state visit to Indonesia on Thursday.
"I'm about to turn 80 years old, but you can be sure I have the same energy I had when I was 30. And I will run for a fourth term in Brazil," Lula told reporters.
The decision to run comes despite Lula suffering health problems in office after winning in the tightest run-off election in the South American nation's history.
Already Brazil's oldest president when inaugurated, in December last year he underwent surgery for a brain bleed caused by a blow to the head he sustained in a fall in the presidential palace.
