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President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's cabinet members are mostly from his own party, the Workers Party  (PT). Four of them are women, five have no party affiliation. Here's a list and the pictures of the new ministers and secretaries.

There were few surprises when President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finally announced the last names of his ministerial list on Monday, December 23. At the end, only six cabinet members—all of them of lesser importance—were chosen outside the PT (Workers' Party), Lula's own party. The cabinet comprises 26 ministries plus seven secretariats. Fourteen posts were offered to PT members and the rest to people with no party affiliation.

The President-elect created a few portfolios to add to the cabinet, including: Secretaria de Segurança Alimentar (Food Security Secretariat), Assistência Social (Social Welfare) and Ministério das Cidades (Cities Ministry). The new cabinet members will be sworn in with Lula when he is inaugurated on January 1st.

After announcing the complete list of his cabinet, Lula declared, "Everyone may believe that the people that have been called on may have defects, which is true of any human being. But the raw truth is that we've chosen, if not all, some of those who are going to give all of themselves for the better of this country."

The two top economic posts went to PT faithfuls. Antonio Palocci, a moderate PT aide, was chosen as Finance Minister. The post of Planning and Budget Minister—the position is being touted as a key and very powerful one— went to Guido Mantega, a university professor, and Lula's long-time economic advisor.


Agrarian Development
Miguel Rossetto (PT)
vice-governor of Rio Grande do Sul


Agriculture,  Cattle
Breeding and Supply
Roberto Rodrigues
president of Abaq (Agribusiness
Brazilian Association)


Central Bank
Henrique Meirelles (PSDB)
BankBoston's former director
and House Representative-
elect from Goiás


Chief of Staff
(Casa Civil)
José Dirceu (PT)
reelected to Lower House
of Congress


Cities Ministry
Olívio Dutra (PT)
ex-Governor of
Rio Grande do Sul


Communication
Secretariat
Luiz Gushiken (PT)
ex-president of São Paulo
Bankers Union


Communications
Miro Teixeira (PDT)
House Representative
from Rio de Janeiro


Culture
Gilberto Gil
(PV - Green Party)
singer/composer from Bahia,
a founder of Tropicalismo


Defense
José Viegas Filho
Brazilian ambassador in Russia


Development, Industry
and Foreign Trade
Luiz Fernando Furlan
Chairman of the Board of Sadia,
Brazil's largest producer
of processed meat


Education
Cristovam Buarque (PT)
ex-governor of Brasília,
the Federal District


Environment
Marina Silva (PT)
Senator reelected from Acre


Federal Inspector
General's Office
(Corregedoria Geral)
Waldir Pires (PT)
House of Representatives
from Bahia


Finance
Antonio Palocci (PT)
medical doctor and
ex-mayor of Ribeirão Preto


Food Security
Secretariat
José Graziano Filho
coordinator of the Zero
Hunger Program


Foreign Relations
Celso Amorim
Brazilian ambassador to
the United Kingdom


General Secretariat
of the Presidency
Luiz Dulci (PT)
general secretary of the PT


Health
Humberto Costa (PT)
defeated governor of
Pernambuco candidate


Justice
Márcio Thomaz Bastos
criminal lawyer


Labor and Employment
Jaques Wagner (PT)
reelected to House of
Representatives
for Bahia


Mines and Energy
Dilma Rousseff (PT)
aide to  governor Olívio Dutra from Rio Grande do Sul


National Integration
Ciro Gomes (PPS)
defeated presidential candidate


Planning, Budget
and Management
Guido Mantega (PT)
Workers' Party's economic advisor

 

Press and Presidency
Information Secretariat
Ricardo Kotscho
journalist and Lula's press aide


Science and
Technology
Roberto Amaral (PSB)
vice-president of PSB
(Brazilian Socialist Party)


Secretariat for
Human Rights
Nilmário Miranda (PT)
House Representative,
defeated as Minas Gerais
governor candidate


Secretariat for
Social and Economic
Development
Tarso Genro (PT)
former-Mayor of Porto Alegre


Secretariat for
Woman's Rights
Emilia Fernandes (PT)
Senator from Rio Grande do Sult


Social Welfare
(Assistência Social)
Benedita da Silva(PT)
governor of Rio de Janeiro


Sports
Agnelo Queiroz (PC do B)
House Representative from
the Federal District


Tourism
Walfrido Mares Guia (PTB)
House Representative
from Minas Gerais


Transportation
Anderson Adauto (PL)
elected to House
of Representatives
 for Minas Gerais


Welfare
(Previdência)
Ricardo Berzoini (PT)
Re-elected House Representative
from São Paulo

 
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