Haddad to Leave Brazil’s Finance Ministry Next Week as Dario Durigan Is Poised to Succeed Him

Overview

• Fernando Haddad and his executive secretary, Dario Durigan, met President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Palácio do Alvorada outside the official schedule in the context of the handover.
• Haddad said he will step down next week and indicated Durigan will take over, while stressing the nomination is the president’s prerogative.
• The planned succession is portrayed as preserving the economic-policy direction set in Lula’s third term.
• Haddad acknowledged discussing a run in São Paulo with allies, with a gubernatorial bid cited in reporting as the leading possibility and no final decision.
• If Durigan is elevated, Treasury Secretary Rogério Ceron is expected to fill his current role, and Durigan’s résumé includes senior public-policy work for WhatsApp/Meta in Brazil.