Alckmin Appoints Paulo Henrique Pereira to Lead Entrepreneurship Ministry

Overview

• The appointment, published Wednesday in the government’s Diário Oficial, followed Tadeu Alencar’s exit after 18 days citing “undesired tensions” in the PSB.
• Vice President Geraldo Alckmin signed the removal and the nomination while acting president during President Lula’s trip to Europe.
• The PSB kept control of the portfolio as party president João Campos backed Paulo Henrique, who was presented as a unifying pick to ease factional strains.
• Paulo Henrique Pereira is a University of São Paulo law professor who led the National Consumer Secretariat and worked in the Justice Ministry under Ricardo Lewandowski.
• Alencar is expected to take an advisory post in the Vice Presidency and return to the Chamber of Deputies in May under an internal PSB arrangement.