The performance of the first lady Rosângela da Silva, Janja, in the government is disapproved by 50% of voters who claim to know her. In this group, 30% express support for her participation, while 20% preferred not to give their opinion or said they did not know.
The data are from a survey conducted by the PowerDate, released on Thursday, 5. The survey reveals that 86% of the Brazilian population knows well or at least heard of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s wife.
The survey also indicates growth in the visibility of the first lady since the beginning of the third term of the petista. In September 2022, this rate was 63%, which represents an increase of 23 percentage points by 2025.
Among the respondents who know the first lady, there is a difference of perception between the genders: men said they were more familiar with Janja’s performance in government, with 42% claiming to know her well, compared to 39% of women.
First lady of Brazil, Rosângela da Silva, known as Janja, is a Paraná sociologist. Affiliated to the Workers Party (PT), he married President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022, after maintaining a relationship with the petista while he was in prison in Curitiba.
Janja was a professor at Ponta Grossa State University (UEPG), worked as part of the PT leadership at the Paraná Legislative Assembly (Alep), worked for 14 years at the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric dam and was an advisor to Communication and Institutional Relations of Eletrobras.
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The first lady, despite not having an official position in the government, occupies a prominent place alongside the president. Janja said she wants to “resignify” the first lady role. She complains of not having her own funds and staff – even informally she has 12 advisors at her disposal. Even without a position in the government, he attended ministerial meetings and directly interfered with the management of some folders.
Recently, the first lady was criticized after a speech about the possibility of regulating social networks during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in which she attended the president. Faced with criticism, Lula defended the first lady, claiming that he was the one who made the request to the president of China.
“I don’t know why someone thought it was new and went to talk to the press. The question was mine and I didn’t feel bothered. The fact that my wife asks the Word is because she is not a second -class citizen, he understands more from digital network than me,” Lula said.
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The survey was conducted from May 31 to June 2, 2025, through calls to mobile phones and fixed phones. There were 2,500 interviews in 218 municipalities in the 27 units of the Federation. The margin of error is 2 percentage points. The confidence interval is 95%.
