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Brazil’s Federal
Administration
April, 2018
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Index Institutional Calendar 4 Profiles of members of the Executive Branch 5 Profile of members of the Economic Team 16 Profile of members of the Regulatory Agencies 22 Profiles of members of the Legislative Branch 28 Profiles of members of the Judicial Branch 29 Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) & 31 Prosecutor General of the Republic (PGR)
Institutional Calendar
FIRST HALF OF 2018
May
January March 1 • Labor Day (Brazil)
1 • New Year’s Day 30 • Good Friday 31 • Corpus Christi Holiday (Brazil)
February April June
5 • Presidential Message (State 1 • Easter Holiday (Brazil) 14 • World Cup begins
of the Union – Brazil) 7 • Candidates must leave their
12-13 • Carnival Holiday offices to join a party
(Brazil) 15 • 2019 Proposed Budget
14 • Ash Wednesday Holiday Guidelines Bill presented to
(Brazil) Congress
21 • Tiradentes Holiday (Brazil)
SECOND HALF OF 2018
July
14 • World Cup ends September
November
17-31 • Legislative Recess 7 • Independence Day
20 • Political party conventions (first day) Holiday (Brazil) 2 • All Souls Day Holiday (Brazil)
August October December
5 • Political party conventions 7 • First round of elections 23 • Legislative Recess
(last day)
12 • Our Lady of Aparecida 25 • Christmas Day Holiday
15 •Deadline for registration of Holiday (Brazil)
candidates
28 • Runoff election
16 • Political campaign begins
31 • 2019 Proposed Federal
Budget Bill presented to
Congress
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Executive Branch
Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Michel Temer
Michel Temer (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party - MDB) left the post of Vice President to
become Acting President of Brazil on May 12, 2016, when the Senate voted to begin
impeachment proceedings against then-President Dilma Rousseff, who was later permanently
removed and Temer sworn in.
Unlike President Rousseff, who often spoke in public using meandering threads of ideas, Temer is cautious, linear
and mentally organized. He listens closely and negotiates, preferring half victories to total victories if it means
reaching a consensus. Before becoming Rousseff’s running mate and eventually Vice President, Temer
represented the state of São Paulo in Congress from 1987 to 2011, always elected by the slimmest of margins.
Ever the negotiator, he ended up becoming House Speaker from 1997 to 2001 and then again from 2009 to 2010.
Temer is overseeing a transitional government until the 2018 elections in October, overshadowed by Operation
Car Wash, the largest investigation ever conducted under the coordination of the Judiciary branch, on political
corruption and the promiscuous relationship between economic power and parliamentarians of all parties.
Without the benefit of opposing viable alternative proposals to resolve the crisis inherited from the Rousseff
administration, Michel Temer leads a resilient administration based on two goals: proposing and trying to
approve structural reforms, and maintaining a political majority in Congress (at any cost) to approve these
reforms, which gets more unlikely as the elections approach.
Temer was unable to use ministerial reform to unite his allied base to MDB’s electoral blueprint. Weakened by
Operation Car Wash from reaching out to close friends and risking a third complaint by the Attorney General's
Office (PGR), Temer preferred to keep, within his administration, the parties that have launched pre-candidates or
have already announced support for other presidential candidates.
Temer has been confident about economic indicators showing recovery, pointing to the resumption of growth,
and he believed that the Army intervention in Rio de Janeiro’s public security would help leverage his voting
intentions as a presidential candidate, which, in all scenarios, varies between 1% and 2%. However, despite his
interest in seeking re-election, he has not been officially named a pre-candidate by the MDB and faces
competition from his former finance minister, Henrique Meirelles, who joined the party to run for the presidency.
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Executive Branch
Cabinet
Office of the Chief of Staff
Eliseu Padilha
Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha, one of the founders of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
(PMDB) is one of President Michel Temer’s closest allies and advisors. During the Rousseff
administration, Padilha was in the Department of Civil Aviation, but stepped down as soon as
Rousseff’s impeachment request was approved by the House of Representatives. He serves as
an advocate for the Executive Branch in Congress. Padilha favors privatization and public-private partnerships.
General Secretariat of the Presidency
Joaquim de Lima (Acting)
Joaquim de Lima was the Executive Secretary of the former Secretary-General of the Presidency
Moreira Franco and assumed the office temporarily. Between May and December 2016,
Joaquim was nominated Acting President of Caixa Econômica bank. He had a long career at
Caixa, starting in 1979 as a public servant, going on to serve as division chief, executive
manager, department head and director.
Secretary of Government
Carlos Marun
Carlos Marun was named Secretary of Government in December 2017. He is a first-term
Federal Representative from President’s Temer party (MDB), who had experienced a rapid rise
by embracing “impossible causes” and becoming a major advocate of the President. He acted
in Temer’s defense on two indictment requests and led former House Speaker Eduardo Cunha’s
defense in the Ethics Committee. Marun is known for his ability to keep moving forward in difficult times and had
the task of approving pension reform in Congress, which was not achieved.
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Executive Branch
Cabinet
Institutional Security Cabinet
Sérgio Etchegoyen
Sérgio Etchegoyen was appointed to the post of Secretary of Institutional Security by former
Minister Nelson Jobim and Army commander, General Eduardo Villas Boas. His challenge is to
restructure Brazil’s intelligence sector. During the initial phase, he was responsible for security
at the 2016 Olympic Games. He has worked on the early stages of implementation of the
Integrated Border Monitoring System (SISFRON) and is expected to step up efforts to combat drugs and weapons
trafficking as well as terrorism.
Investment Partnership Program (PPI)
Adalberto Vasconcelos
Adalberto Vasconcelos has more than 20 years of experience in the area of infrastructure
concessions, especially in terms of management and control. Until Moreira Franco left the
command of the program for the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Adalberto served as
Deputy Executive Secretary in the Investment Partnerships Program (PPI). As Special Secretary,
he is in charge of advising President Temer on matters related to the PPI's performance,
drawing up opinions and studies or proposing norms, measures and guidelines, and exercising normative
guidance and technical supervision on issues under the purview of the PPI. Vasconcelos also acts as Executive
Secretary of the PPI Council, but has no voting rights in the deliberations.
Office of the Attorney General of the Union
Grace Mendonça
Grace Mendonça is the first woman to serve as Brazil’s Attorney General of the Union. She was
also the first woman nominated by President Michel Temer to take over a ministerial post in his
administration. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office in 2001, she served as an advisor
to the Deputy Attorney General (1995-2001) and as an attorney at TERRACAP (real estate
company) in Brasília (1992-1995). From 2003 to 2016 she headed up the Litigation Secretariat (SGCT), the body
responsible for legally representing the federal government before the Supreme Court. At the Attorney General’s
Office, she has also held the positions of Deputy Attorney General, general coordinator of the Office of the
Attorney General and Acting Attorney General.
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Executive Branch
Cabinet
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply
Blairo Maggi
Known as the “Soybean King,” Blairo Maggi inherited his family’s business: the Amaggi Group,
today considered the world’s largest private producer of soybeans. He served two terms as
governor of Mato Grosso (2002-2010) and one term as senator. In his first term as governor, he
was criticized for raising the deforestation rates in the Amazon, notoriously winning
Greenpeace's 2005 "Golden Chainsaw Award." In his second term, he adopted a more conciliatory tone, which led
him to sign the moratorium on soy and beef and successfully reduce deforestation rates in the state. In 2009, he
was included on the list of Forbes Magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful People.” Maggi is a former ally of Lula and
Rousseff and was several times considered for the Ministry of Agriculture during their administrations, but he
turned it down and later voted in favor of Rousseff’s impeachment.
Ministry of Cities
Alexandre Baldy
Alexandre Baldy was named Minister of Cities in November 2017. He decided not to run for a
re-election, remaining instead in the government and supporting his wife’s probable candidacy
for federal representative. He does not have a long-term relationship with the government’s
inner circle. Even so, he has political support from House Speaker Rep. Rodrigo Maia and Goiás
State Governor Marconi Perillo. He took office as Industry and Trade Secretary of Goiás from 2011 to 2013, which
allowed him to acquire knowledge of public policy concerning the productive sector. Baldy was elected Federal
Representative for the 2015-2018 term. He became an interlocutor for the economic team and the government's
political negotiators with the productive sector.
Ministry of Culture
Sérgio Sá Leitão
President Temer named Sérgio Sá Minister of Culture in July 2017. Sá’s main challenge is
managing the Ministry’s significantly reduced budget, which suffered a 43% cut. The most
recent previous post for the former Folha de São Paulo and Jornal do Brasil journalist was
Director of the Nacional Film Agency (ANCINE). From 2003 to 2006, he served as Chief of Staff
and Secretary of Cultural Policies during Gilberto Gil’s term as Minister of Culture. In addition to a long career in
the film industry, Sá has also worked as an advisor to ANCINE's board of directors (2007-2008) and for RioFilme
(2009-2015).
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Executive Branch
Cabinet
Ministry of Defense
Joaquim Silva e Luna (Acting)
Joaquim Silva e Luna is the first military personnel nominated Minister of Defense since the
establishment of the Ministry in 1999. He has been serving the Army since 1969. Luna was
promoted to four-star general in 2011, when he was transferred to military reserve duty and
began working at the highest level of the Ministry, then led by Minister Celso Amorim (PT).
Silva e Luna was the Ministry’s General Secretary of the Minister from 2015 until 2018. As a result of his Ministry
experience, Silva e Luna has good relations among members of the Armed Force and civilians working in the area.
Ministry of Education
Rossieli da Silva
Rossieli da Silva was nominated after Mendonça Filho’s departure to run in the October
elections, in an attempt to provide continuity to policies implemented. Technical by nature, he
supports a common national basic curriculum and more flexibility for high school education.
According to Rossieli's statement, he has no political ties. Prior to assuming this post, he
headed the Secretariat of Basic Education (2016-2018) and the Secretariat of Education and Quality in the state of
Amazonas.
Ministry of the Environment
Edson Duarte (Acting)
Edson Duarte is Executive Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment and has been Acting
Minister since Sarney Filho left the office to run in the 2018 elections. Affiliated with the Green
Party (PV), Duarte was twice elected Representative for the state of Bahia (1996-2003) and
Federal Representative (2003-2011). He specializes in Agriculture.
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Executive Branch
Cabinet
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aloysio Nunes
Aloysio Nunes was appointed by President Michel Temer to lead Brazil’s Foreign Ministry
following the resignation of Jose Serra in February 2017 for alleged health reasons. Like Serra,
Nunes is a member of the Brazilian Social-Democratic Party (PSDB). Nunes had been the
government’s leader in the Senate since Rousseff’s impeachment. He also headed the National
Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees in the upper house. In 2014, he became Aecio Neves’ running mate in
his failed attempt to win the presidency. Within the party, he is very close to–and a long-time ally of–his
predecessor, Jose Serra. Nunes is seen as someone who will carry on Serra’s line of thinking, continuing to
distance Brazil from left-wing Latin American regimes and emphasizing foreign trade.
Ministry of Health
Gilberto Occhi
Gilberto Occhi takes office as the Minister of Health after an intense internal dispute within the
Progressive Party (PP), through which he is linked to some parliamentarians. The Ministry’s
agenda is not expected to change under his administration, although he is even more pro-
market than his predecessor, Ricardo Barros. He has been a career public servant at Caixa
Econômica Federal since 1980 and held the presidency of the bank for the last two years (2016-2018). He has also
took office as Minister of Cities (2014) and Minister of Integration (2014-2016). He is currently being investigated
for his involvement in the so-called "fiscal pedaling" (pedaladas fiscais) during the Dilma Rousseff administration.
Ministry of Human Rights
Gustavo Rocha
Gustavo Rocha was nominated for the position of Minister of Human Rights to replace
Luislinda Valois. The lawyer is the chief legal advisor and right-hand man to Michel Temer,
having advocated for the MDB and its members. He also temporarily holds the position of
Deputy Chief of Legal Affairs in the Office of the Chief of Staff. Rocha has directed measures to
deal with the arrival of Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil and has participated in discussions on federal public
security actions in the state of Rio de Janeiro. He also holds the position as the House’s counselor in the National
Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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Cabinet
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Services
Marcos Jorge
Marcos Jorge was named Minister of Industry, Trade and Services after the departure of
Marcos Pereira to run in the 2018 elections. He is affiliated with the Brazilian Republican Party
(PRB) and holds the presidency of the party in the state of Roraima. The private sector tends
to see him as a political Minister, but with limited strength and dialogue within the
Presidency. Previously, he was the Ministry’s Executive Secretary. He is expected to retain the technical team of
secretaries set up by former Minister Marcos Pereira.
Ministry of Integration
Antônio de Pádua
Antônio de Pádua is close to the family of former Minister of Integration Helder Barbalho,
influential in the state of Pará, and was nominated to be Barbalho’s successor once he left
office to run in the 2018 elections. Previously, he served as the Ministry’s Secretary of
Hydraulic Infrastructure, starting as soon as Barbalho took office in January 2017. In that
office, he was at the forefront of major engineering projects, such as the transposition of the
São Francisco River. He was also engineering director of Codesp, the port authority for São Paulo State, from 2015
to 2017.
Ministry of Justice
Torquato Jardim
Minister Torquato Jardim has more than 40 years of experience in electoral law, eight of them
as Minister of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Jardim was appointed by President Michel
Temer to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, replacing Osmar Serraglio (PMDB-PR)
who was asked to step down for being considered weak and ineffective in his oversight of
the Federal Police. Jardim was considered strong enough to retake control of the Federal
Police in the Operation Car Wash Investigation and was considered a good articulator in the defense of President
Michel Temer’s trial in the TSE, which ended up not convicting the president.
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Ministry of Labor
Helton Yomura
Helton Yomura took office in April 2018 replacing Ronaldo Nogueira, who left the Ministry in
December 2017. He had served as Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Labor and has been
the Acting Minister since Rep. Cristiane Brasil had her nomination suspended and later
cancelled by President Temer. He dialogues with companies, unions and associations to
discuss labor issues. Before serving at the Ministry of Labor, Yomura was the Regional Superintendent of the
Ministry in the state of Rio de Janeiro and promoted a structural and budgetary reorganization of the public
body. He holds a degree in Law.
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Wellington Moreira Franco
Moreira Franco was named Minister of Mines and Energy in April 2018 after Fernando Coelho’s
departure to run in the 2018 elections. He previously served as Secretary-General of the
Presidency. Moreira Franco is one of Temer’s five closest advisors. His career includes being
elected to three separate terms in Congress (1975-1977, 1995-1999 and 2003-2007) and
serving as Mayor of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (1977-1982) and Governor of Rio de Janeiro (1987-
1991). He was an advisor to former Presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a
two-time minister to former President Dilma Rousseff, only to later become a solid proponent of her
impeachment. In the Rousseff administration, Moreira Franco held positions in the Secretariats of Strategic Affairs
(SAE/2011-2013) and Civil Aviation (SAC/2013) and enjoyed support from PMDB leadership and his personal
friend, President Michel Temer. At SAC he presided over a successful airport concession program.
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Ministry of Public Safety
Raul Jungmann
Raul Jungmann was Minister of Defense from 2016 until the creation of the Ministry of Public
Safety in late February 2018. As a federal representative, he will not be running in the October
elections to focus on public safety, one of Temer’s main priority themes. He was also the
Minister of Agrarian Reform during the Cardoso administration and is affiliated with the
Popular Socialist Party (PPS), which opposed Rousseff’s administration. Jungmann has studied and maintained an
interest in issues related to defense while in Congress and through former Minister Nelson Jobim (Lula’s
administration), who was responsible for the Ministry as we know it today. Jungmann is well-liked by the military
leadership. When he was Minister of Agrarian Reform, he did not bend to the demands of the Landless Workers'
Movement’s (MST) representatives, and despite being affiliated with a socialist party, he is not especially well-
regarded by the Left.
Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications
Gilberto Kassab
Gilberto Kassab is a politician and former Minister of Cities in the Rousseff administration, a
post he left on the eve of the impeachment vote in the lower house after his party came out
in favor of the impeachment. His main challenges as Minister will be resuming innovation
policies (after the merger of both Ministries, there was much criticism that innovation issues
could be set aside), and improving the current telecommunications regulation for expanding broadband
services.
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Ministry of Transparency, Oversight and Control
Wagner Rosário (Acting)
Wagner Rosário has been Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Transparency, Oversight and
Control (CGU) since August of 2016. Rosário took over as Acting Minister of CGU after the
former Minister, Torquato Jardim, accepted President Michel Temer’s invitation to become
Minister of Justice and Citizenship (MJSP). Rosário has been a CGU career servant since 2009
and has served as a finance and control auditor. In the internal control body, he also worked in the area of
Special Operations, responsible for joint investigations to combat corruption, in coordination with the Federal
Police, public ministries (Federal and State) and other state defense agencies. He was an Army Captain, having
served as administrative prosecutor and head of the Controlled Products Inspection Service for the state of
Espírito Santo.
Ministry of Transportation
Valter Casimiro
Valter Casimiro was named Minister of Transportation after the departure of Maurício Quintella
to run in the 2018 elections. He was appointed by the same party as the former minister, and is
expected to continue the policies of the ministry, maintaining a good relationship with the
private sector. He has been the General Director of the National Transportation Infrastructure
Department (DNIT) since 2015, when he was appointed by former President Dilma Rousseff. He
began his public career in 1994. Casimiro has been a DNIT career public servant since 2006 and has worked
mainly with the waterway model. In 2013, Casimiro participated in the World Bank's study mission on the
development of multimodal transport corridors in Europe.
Ministry of Tourism
Vinícius Lummertz
Vinícius Lummertz likes to play a coordinating role and his main strength is bolstering Brazil’s
tourism, like former Minister Marx Beltrão. He has been the president of the Brazilian Tourism
Institute (Embratur) since 2015, where he highlighted some priority markets for Brazil, such as
the Americas, Europe and Asia - especially China. Before that he was Secretary for Tourism
Policy (2012-2015) and Secretary of Tourism, Sports and Culture in the city of Florianopolis (2007-2010).
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Ministry of Sports
Leandro Cruz
Leandro Cruz was nominated after the former Minister of Sports Leonardo Picciani left to run in
the 2018 elections. He is known as Picciani’s right-hand man. Prior to joining the Ministry, he
held the position of National Secretary for Sports, Leisure and Social Inclusion (2016-2018). Cruz
was responsible for implementing guidelines for programs such as the School and University
Games and the “Second Time Program,”which aim to bring culture and leisure through sports to at-risk children
and adolescents.
Ministry of Social Development
Alberto Beltrame
Alberto Beltrame was nominated by the MDB party to the Ministry of Social Development.
Beltrame had been the Ministry’s Executive Secretary since 2016 and will provide continuity to
Osmar Terra’s administration. Over the last 30 years, he has been active in health sector
management, working in public, private and philanthropic establishments. In the public sector,
Beltrame held important positions in the healthcare system, including in establishing and consolidating the
National Healthcare Service (SUS). He is a pediatrician by training.
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Economic Team
Ministry of Finance
Eduardo Guardia
Eduardo Guardia takes office as Minister of Finance after the departure of Henrique Meirelles,
who is expected to run in the 2018 elections. He was indicated by Meirelles himself in an
attempt to provide continuity to economic policy. Guardia was named Executive Secretary in
June 2016. Before becoming Executive Secretary, he was Executive Director of Products at
BM&F Bovespa, a position he held since May 2013. Prior to that, the business executive also held the position of
Secretary of Finance for the state of São Paulo, and Secretary of the Treasury, and served as Deputy Secretary of
Economic Policy in the Ministry of Finance. Guardia graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
(PUC-SP) and holds a doctorate in economics from the University of São Paulo.
Executive Secretary
Ana Paula Vescovi
Ana Paula Vescovi was designated Executive Secretary in April 2018 by the recently nominated
Minister of Finance Eduardo Guardia. She has headed the Secretary of Treasury since June
2016. As a federal public servant since 1997, Vescovi has spent 10 years in the Secretariat of
Economic Policy in the Treasury Department, where she has held positions as coordinator of
sectoral policies, focusing on the automotive, information technology, science and technology, basic industries
and agribusiness areas. Before taking over the Treasury, she served as Treasury Secretary for the state of Espírito
Santo, where she led a successful fiscal adjustment measure. She defends facing structural problems in state
government accounts, such as high commitments to personnel costs, and is critical of states’ debt extension with
the Federal Government. Affiliated with the MDB, Vescovi has been tapped to run in the Espiríto Santo State
government elections in 2018 where she has the support of current Governor Paulo Hartung (MDB). Vescovi is an
economist, specializing in public policy and government administration and she holds a master's degree in public
administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
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Secretary of Economic Policy
Fabio Kanczuk
Fabio Kanczuk is Vice President of Services, Infrastructure and Operations at Banco do Brasil.
He has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA),
a PhD in economics from the University of California and a post-doctorate in Economics from
Harvard University. Kanczuk has a strong academic, non-market oriented profile. His
appointment was received by the market as someone with a strong technical background who shares similar
views with Minister Meirelles. He has been a professor at the School of Economics and Administration at the
University of São Paulo since 1999, where he teaches macroeconomics and mathematical economics. He was
previously an economist at Banco Original.
Secretary of Federal Revenue
Jorge Rachid
He joined the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (Receita Federal) as Tax Auditor in January 1986.
In November 2005, Rachid concurrently held the positions of Secretary of the Internal Revenue
Service and Social Security Secretary of the Social Security Ministry. He held a prominent
position in the Lula government, after having been personally invited to replace Everardo Maciel
to head up the Internal Revenue Service. He was surveillance coordinator at the Internal Revenue
Service and is recognized to this day as one of the main supporters of direct access by tax
authorities to financial transactions of individuals and corporations. In the Fernando Henrique Cardoso
administration, he led several operations to detect tax evasion on tax returns of lawmakers and major companies
linked to the government—particularly highlighted in the media was the case of the complaint (filed) against the
Coteminas company that belonged to former Vice President José Alencar. Rachid was part of Dilma Rousseff’s
administration early in her second term, appointed by then new Minister of Finance Joaquim Levy to replace Carlos
Barreto whose legacy had been to "modernize" the Internal Revenue Service and increase oversight.
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Secretary of International Affairs
Marcello Estevão
Marcello Estevão took office in November 2016. In terms of agenda, he will act as the bridge
between the Ministry of Finance and international economic organizations (for external
financing with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) or actions involving the World
Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank), besides
being the Ministry’s official representative in foreign trade bodies such as CAMEX and agencies
related to export financing and insurance. Prior to that, Estevão was mission chief at the IMF in Washington, DC.
From 2013 to 2015 Estevão was chief economist at the Tudor Investment Corporation. His career has also
included stints as an economist on the Federal Reserve Board (1995-2000).
Secretary of Treasury
Mansueto Almeida
Almeida is a Planning and Research technician at the Institute for Applied Economic Research
(IPEA), having occupied the following positions in Brasilia: Secretary for Economic Affairs
(2016-2018), Advisor to the Senate’s Regional Development and Tourism Committee (2005-
2006), Coordinator General of Monetary and Financial Policy in the Economic Policy
Department of the Ministry of Finance (1995-1997) and Economic Advisor to Senator Tasso Jereissati. He holds a
master’s degree in economics from the University of São Paulo (USP) and an incomplete doctorate in Public Policy
from MIT, as he did not defend a dissertation.
Secretary for Fiscal, Energy and Lottery Monitoring
Alexandre Angelo da Silva
Alexandre Angelo da Silva is a Planning and Research technician at IPEA, having assumed
leading positions in public administration such as deputy secretary for Fiscal, Energy and
Lottery Monitoring (2016-2018) and general coordinator of fiscal policy (2003-2004, 2007-
2008) at the Secretariat of Economic Policy. He holds a doctorate in economics from the
University of Brasília.
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Secretary for Productivity Promotion and Competition Law
João Manoel Pinho de Mello
Mello was nominated to the position by former Minister of Finance Henrique Meirelles, with
the responsibility for leading the implementation of measures aimed at increasing economic
productivity. His career was focused on academia, with the publication of several articles, and
in the private sector, acting as a consultant and columnist at Folha de São Paulo. Since taking
the position of Special Advisor, he has frequently welcomed a number of private companies and associations. He
was professor at Insper, a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Lemann Visiting Scholar at
the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (Harvard University).
Secretary of Social Security
Marcelo Caetano
Caetano, who has served as Secretary since 2012, is a specialist in social security issues. He has
held the position of economist at IPEA since 1997, and he is also a member of the editorial
board of the Journal of Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press. He began his
professional career as a professor of Introduction to Economics and Macroeconomics at the
Federal Fluminense University (UFF) and PUC-RJ. From 1998 to 2005, he was general coordinator of actuarial,
accounting and technical studies of the Ministry of Social Security. In 2009, he was a visiting researcher at the
London School of Economics (UK). Caetano has also served as an advisor on simulations of the tax impacts of
social security reform in Brazil, Ecuador and Cape Verde.
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Ministry of Planning, Development and Management
Esteves Colnago
Esteves Colnago worked over 20 years with former Minister Dyogo Oliveira and is expected to
provide continuity to his agenda, including fiscal and economic adjustments. He assumed the
position of Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Planning in March 2017, when Dyogo Oliveira
took office. Previously, he held the position of Deputy Executive Secretary. Colnago holds a
master’s degree in Economics and has a technical and discreet profile. Some of the challenges of his new position
involve preparing a budget consistent with the current economic situation and with policies proposed by the
economic team, in addition to overseeing the role of the BNDES. He has already announced that one of his
priorities will be the drafting of a strategic 12-year plan for Brazil, in partnership with public research institutions.
He has been a career public servant at the Central Bank since 1998.
Central Bank
Ilan Goldfajn
An economist with a master's degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
(PUC-RJ) and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Goldfajn has worked
as a consultant to international organizations (such as the World Bank, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the UN), the Brazilian government and the private sector. He served
as director of Economic Policy of the Central Bank of Brazil from 2000 to 2003. He is currently director of the
Center for Public Policy Debate (CDPP). In 1999, he joined the Department of Economics at PUC-RJ, working until
late 2008 as a professor in the Master in International Finance and Macroeconomics Program. From 1996 to
1999, he worked at the IMF and from 1995-1996 he was an assistant professor at Brandeis University in
Massachusetts. In order to assume the presidency of the Central Bank, he relinquished his roles as chief
economist and partner at Itaú Unibanco.
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National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES)
Dyogo Oliveira
Dyogo Oliveira was appointed President of the BNDES by President Temer in April 2018. He
had been serving as Minister of Planning since May 2016. Oliveira has a decidedly technical
profile. He is a trained economist and career civil servant, having been a public policy and
government management specialist and has held public office since 1998. He has worked in
the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) as well as the Ministry of Finance for almost 10
years, where he has been one of the prominent names involved in negotiating private sector interests and
demands with the economic team. He announced that his priorities will be small businesses, infrastructure,
innovation (Industry 4.0 and startups) and foreign trade.
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Regulatory Agencies
National Health Surveillance Agency | ANVISA
The National Health Surveillance Agency is associated with the Ministry of Health. The Agency is responsible for
the health control of all products and services (domestic or imported) that are subject to health surveillance, such
as medicines, foods, cosmetics, disinfectants, tobacco products, medical products and health services. In addition,
along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agency controls ports, airports and borders in matters related to
health surveillance. ANVISA is governed by a board of directors composed of five members who serve fixed
three-year terms. The managing director is chosen from among the directors.
Jarbas Barbosa Renato Porto Fernando Mendes
da Silva Júnior Garcia Neto
Term ends: 07/19/2018 Term ends: 12/12/2019 Term ends: 03/31/2020
Can be reappointed Was reappointed
Was reappointed
William Dib Alessandra Bastos
Soares
Term ends: 12/23/2019 Term ends: 12/20/2020
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
National Agency for Supplemental Health | ANS
The National Agency for Supplemental Health is associated with the Ministry of Health, which regulates the
private health insurance market. The agency was established in January 2000 and is responsible for promoting the
public interest in private health insurance, regulating industry operators, the relationship between providers and
consumers, and the development of health activities in the country. It is based in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Its
structure consists of up to five directors who serve fixed three-year terms with the possibility of reappointment.
The managing director is chosen from among the directors.
Rogério Scarabel Simone Sanches Leandro Fonseca
Barbosa Freire da Silva
Pending Senate approval Term ends: 05/26/2020 Term ends: 12/22/2019
Was reappointed Can be reappointed
Rodrigo Rodrigues de Karla Santa Cruz Davidson Tolentino de
Aguiar Coelho Almeida
Appointed to fill Coelho’s
Term ends: 09/08/2020 Term ends: 07/17/2018 position.
Can be reappointed Pending Senate approval
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Regulatory Agencies
National Civil Aviation Agency | ANAC
The National Civil Aviation Agency is responsible for overseeing technical and economic issues involved in civil
aviation in Brazil. ANAC’s Board consists of four directors and one managing director who serve five-year terms.
José Ricardo Botelho Hélio Paes de Barros Ricardo Fenelon
de Queiroz
Term ends: 03/19/2020 Term ends: 03/19/2021 Term ends: 08/07/2019
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
Juliano Alcântara Ricardo Sérgio Bezerra
Noman
Term ends: 03/19/2021 Term ends: 03/19/2020
Can be reappointed Was reappointed
National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency | ANP
The federal government agency associated with the Ministry of Mines and Energy is responsible for the regulation
of the oil sector. ANP’s board consists of four directors and one managing director.
Décio Oddone Dirceu Cardoso Felipe Kury
Amorelli Júnior
Term ends: 12/23/2020 Term ends: 11/10/2021 Term ends: 12/22/2020
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
José Cesário Cecchi Aurélio Nogueira
Term ends: 10/11/2021 Term ends: 03/27/2020
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
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Regulatory Agencies
National Electrical Power Agency | ANEEL
The National Electrical Power Agency is associated with the Ministry of Mines and Energy and is responsible for
regulating and implementing electricity policies and guidelines. ANEEL is also responsible for the auction of
electricity generation, transmission and distribution concessions. ANEEL’s board consists of four directors and one
managing director who serve four-year terms.
Romeu Rufino Rodrigo Limp Tiago Correia
Pending Senate approval Term ends: 08/13/2018
Term ends: 08/13/2018
Can be reappointed
Cannot be reappointed
Sandoval Feitosa André Pepitone
Pending Senate approval Term ends: 08/13/2018
Can only be reappointed for
the general board
National Telecommunications Agency | ANATEL
The National Telecommunications Agency is associated with the Ministry of Communications. ANATEL’s goal is to
promote the development of telecommunications in Brazil and provide a modern and efficient telecommunications
infrastructure, capable of offering diversified services at fair prices throughout the nation. ANATEL’s Board of
Directors is made up of four directors and one managing director who each hold five-year terms.
Juarez Quadros Emmanoel Campelo de Leonardo Morais
Souza Pereira
Term ends: 04/11/2018 Term ends: 11/04/2022 Term ends: 04/11/2021
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
Aníbal Diniz Otávio Rodrigues
Term ends: 04/11/2019 Term ends: 04/11/2020
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
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Regulatory Agencies
National Ground Transportation Agency | ANTT
The National Ground Transportation Agency is responsible for regulating railways, federal roads and inland
transportation services. ANTT’s board consists of four directors and one managing director who serve five-year
terms. There are currently three directors serving on an acting basis and one vacancy on the Board.
Weber Ciloni Sérgio Lobo Elisabeth Braga
Pending Senate approval Term ends: 02/18/2019 Term ends: 02/18/2020
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
Marcelo Vinaud Mário Rodrigues
Term ends: 02/18/2021 Term ends: 02/18/2020
Cannot be reappointed Cannot be reappointed
National Waterway Transportation Agency | ANTAQ
The National Waterway Transportation Agency is associated with the Department of Ports. The agency is
responsible for regulations, tariff control, and the study and development of water transportation in Brazil. ANTAQ’s
board consists of two directors and one managing director. The members are appointed to four-year terms by the
President and are subject to Senate confirmation.
Mário Povia Adalberto Tokarski Francisval Dias Mendes
His term ended on
Term ends: 02/18/2020 02/18/2018 and his Term ends: 02/18/2021
Cannot be reappointed reappointment is pending Can be reappointed
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Regulatory Agencies
National Film Agency | ANCINE
The National Film Agency is the regulatory agency associated with the Ministry of Culture, based in Brasilia with an
office in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The Agency promotes and monitors the film and audiovisual industry in Brazil.
ANCINE has three directors and one managing director who serve a fixed term of four years.
Christian de Castro Vacant Debora Ivanov
Fernanda Farah:
Term ends: 10/19/2021 Term ends: 10/01/2019
Possible nomination for
Can be reappointed Roberto Lima’s vacancy, whose Can be reappointed
term ended in January.
Alex Braga
Term ends: 05/14/2021
Can be reappointed
National Water Agency | ANA
The National Water Agency is associated with the Ministry of the Environment and is responsible for implementing
and managing Brazilian water resources. It regulates the use of river and lake waters that belong to the federal
government and implements the National Water Resources Management System (SINGREH). ANA comprises five
directors who serve fixed terms of four years. The managing director is chosen among the directors.
Oscar de Moraes Ricardo Medeiros de Ney Maranhão
Cordeiro Netto Andrade
Term ends: 07/11/2021 Term ends: 07/29/2019
Term ends: 01/16/2022
Can be reappointed Can be reappointed
Can be reappointed
Marcelo Cruz Christianne Dias
Term ends: 01/16/2022
Ferreira
Term ends: 01/16/2022
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Regulatory Agencies
National Mining Agency | ANM
The National Mining Agency (ANM) was created through Provisional Measure MP 790/17, pending approval by the
National Congress in order to become law. The MP determines that the agency will have one Director General and
four directors, with mandates of five years, without the possibility of reappointment. The structure of the new
agency has not yet been defined nor is there any information as to when the new directors will be appointed.
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Senate
Eunício Oliveira
Oliveira's victory in becoming Senate President strengthens the legislature's alliance in support
of the Temer administration. He has signaled clear support for Temer’s reforms, addressing labor
reform in his inaugural speech and resuming work to approve the bill on outsourcing in
interviews. He also advocates tax reform, suggesting a solution that would modify the current
rules of tax distribution between the federal government, states and municipalities. Last year he served as rapporteur
for the Spending Cap Amendment. By the time his term as Senate president concludes, his party, the PMDB, will
have completed 30 years of Senate rule (out of the 34 years since Brazil’s return to democracy).
House
Rodrigo Maia
The re-election of Congressman Rodrigo Maia as House Speaker revealed a weakening of the
so-called "Centrão," a group masterminded by former House Speaker Eduardo Cunha. During
Cunha's term, the group had delivered as many as 220 votes compared with the much lower 105
votes delivered by one of its current leaders, Rep. Jovair Arantes. Maia’s first term as House
Speaker, shorter than usual as it began upon the resignation of Cunha, was marked by dialogue and support for
President Michel Temer's legislative agenda. This should continue. Maia was key to approving the Spending Cap
Amendment. He is an advocate of pension reform and will likely try to speed up its approval. Although he supports
labor reform, it is possible that he will slow the pace of its passage as some say it was included as part of a deal
with the Left to win his re-election as speaker.
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Supreme Federal Court (STF)
The STF is Brazil’s highest court of law on constitutional matters and consists of 11 justices. The STF currently has
43,921 cases awaiting trial on several issues. Last year, the collegiate issued over 12,000 decisions while the ministers
issued over 113 thousand. In September, the STF will have a new president, when minister Carmen Lúcia’s term ends,
and minister Dias Toffoli takes office.
In recent years, the Court has changed its way of acting. From a Federal Supreme Court restricted to the Law to an
expansive Court towards judicial activism, acting where the legislature cannot or does not want to act. This places
the STF as the protagonist of discussions relevant to society, such as abortion, homosexual rights, partisan loyalty
and the ban on election funding by companies. Currently, in the face of the arrest of former Brazilian President Luís
Inácio Lula da Silva, the Constitutional Court has been pressured to decide on arrests after second-instance
convictions. Another point is the limitation of privileged jurisdiction to accelerate decisions on politicians involved in
corruption schemes such as Operation Car Wash.
Chief Justice (2016/2018) Dean of the Court Justice
Carmen Lúcia Celso de Mello Marco Aurélio
Appointed by Lula (PT) Appointed by Sarney (MDB) Appointed by Collor (PRN)
in 2006 in 1989 in 1990
Retirement: 2029 Retirement: 2020 Retirement: 2021
Justice Justice Justice
Ricardo Lewandowski Rosa Weber Luiz Fux
Appointed by Lula (PT) Appointed by Rousseff (PT) Appointed by Rousseff (PT)
in 2006 in 2011 in 2011
Retirement: 2023 Retirement: 2023 Retirement: 2028
Justice Justice Justice
Gilmar Mendes Edson Fachin Luís Roberto Barroso
Appointed by Cardoso Appointed by Rousseff (PT) Appointed by Rousseff (PT)
(PSDB) in 2002 in 2015 in 2013
Retirement: 2030 Retirement: 2033 Retirement: 2033
Deputy Chief Justice Justice
Dias Toffoli Alexandre de Moraes
Appointed by Lula (PT) Appointed by Temer (MDB)
in 2009 in 2017
Retirement: 2042 Retirement: 2043
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Superior Court of Justice (STJ)
The STJ is Brazil’s highest court of law on non-constitutional issues regarding federal law. The Court comprises 33
justices, referred to as ministers, chosen among Brazilian citizens between the ages of 35 and 65, appointed by the
President from a previously established tripartite list presented by the STJ, after majority approval by the Senate.
Chief Justice: Laurita Vaz
Term: ends 09/01/2018
Mandatory retirement 10/21/2023
Superior Labor Court (TST)
The TST is Brazil’s highest appellate court for labor law issues. The court comprises 27 ministers selected in the
same way as the STJ.
Chief Justice: João Batista Brito Pereira
Term: ends 02/26/2020
Superior Electoral Court (TSE)
The TSE is Brazil’s highest judicial body for examining electoral cases. Among other duties established in the
Brazilian Electoral Code, the Court hears appeals from regional electoral courts, including those related to
administrative matters. Unlike the other courts, the TSE comprises seven members who each serve two-year terms.
Three ministers are selected from among the STF, two are selected from among the STJ, and two are appointed by
the President from a list of attorneys nominated by the STF.
Chief Justice: Luiz Fux
Term: ends 08/15/2018
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