Politics · Brazil · 6 hrs ago
PSD likely to keep Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry in Lula’s next term
Brazil’s PSD is expected to keep the Agriculture Ministry in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s next government.
The party currently controls that ministry, as well as the Mines and Energy and Fisheries ministries.
Current minister André de Paula and former minister Carlos Fávaro are being considered for the agriculture post.
The PSD wants to retain at least three ministries, and the Agriculture Ministry gives it influence through funding for local roads and farm equipment, as well as regional offices.
The choice is part of wider negotiations over how central parties will share power in Lula’s next term.
Those talks are at an early stage and are expected to gain momentum after Lula returns from the COP-31 leaders’ summit in Turkey.
Ministerial appointments are expected to begin in December, with announcements possibly continuing through the end of the year.
Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry is likely to remain under the control of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s next term, according to government and centrist-party sources cited by Estadão.
The main candidates named are current minister André de Paula and former minister Carlos Fávaro, now a senator from Mato Grosso.
The PSD hopes to retain at least three ministries and wants to keep Agriculture because of its regional reach and available parliamentary funds.
Talks over the next cabinet are at an early stage, with ministry assignments and announcements expected to begin in December.
Fávaro is viewed favorably by some agribusiness and export groups, but he has had repeated conflicts with the Agribusiness Parliamentary Front.
- Who
- The PSD and the Lula government are involved in the expected ministry decision. André de Paula and Carlos Fávaro are the leading candidates named.
- What
- The Agriculture Ministry is likely to remain under PSD control in Lula’s next term.
- When
- The next term is expected to begin in January. Cabinet discussions are at an early stage, with announcements expected to start in December.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- The PSD wants to retain the ministry because of its regional influence and parliamentary funds for rural roads and agricultural machinery.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The PSD took control of the Agriculture Ministry at the start of Lula’s current government.
Lula announced Carlos Fávaro’s appointment as agriculture minister on December 29.
Fávaro’s return to the ministry was considered certain, according to the report.
Lula is due to attend the leaders’ summit at COP-31 in Turkey.
The division of ministries and announcements of ministers are expected to begin.
- Current minister
- André de Paula
- Former minister
- Carlos Fávaro, senator from Mato Grosso
- PSD ministries
- The party hopes to retain at least three in Lula’s next term
- PSD-held ministries since January 2023
- Mines and Energy, Agriculture, and Fisheries
- PSD municipal governments
- 887
- Agriculture offices
- 27 state superintendencies for Agriculture and Livestock