Lula unveils another 16 future ministers
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday (Dec. 22) 16 ministers for his incoming government. So far, five ministers had been officially announced, among them Fernando Haddad (Finance), Rui Costa (chief of staff, which holds minister status in Brazil), and Flávio Dino (Justice and Public Security).
Another 13 cabinet members will be unveiled next week, Lula declared. The information was released after the transition team’s final report was submitted by the team’s general coordinator, vice-President-elect Geraldo Alckimin, who should lead the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Commerce.
In all, there will be 37 ministries, as had been indicated by future Chief of Staff Rui Costa.
The ministries mentioned today are:
Office of the Attorney-General (AGU) – Jorge Messias (attorney from the National Treasury);
Science, Technology, and Innovation – Luciana Santos (head of political party PCdoB);
Office of the Comptroller-General (CGU) – Vinícius Marques de Carvalho (lawyer and commercial law professor at the University of São Paulo, former head of Administrative Council for Economic Defense CADE);
Culture – Margareth Menezes (singer);
Development, Industry, and Commerce – Geraldo Ackmin (vice-president-elect);
Social Development – Wellington Dias (former governor of Piauí);
Human Rights – Sílvio Luiz Almeida (professor at Columbia University and Getulio Vargas Foundation);
Education – Camilo Santana (former governor of Ceará);
Management – Ester Dweck (associate professor at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).
Racial Equality – Anielle Franco (professor);
Women – Cida Gonçalves (former national secretary for Violence against Women);
Ports and Airports – Márcio França (former governor of São Paulo);
Health – Nísia Trindade (head of research institute Fiocruz);
General Government Secretariat – Márcio Macedo (federal representative from the PT);
Secretariat of Institutional Relations – Alexandre Padilha (federal representative from the PT);
Labor – Luiz Marinho (former mayor of São Bernardo, São Paulo).
