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Viewing cable 05BRASILIA2031, BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III

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05BRASILIA2031 2005-08-01 13:06 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Brasilia
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BRASILIA 002031 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
TREASURY FOR PARODI, STATE PASS TO USTR, USDOC WASHDC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECON BR
SUBJECT: BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III 
 
REF: A. BRASILIA 1660 
     B. BRASILIA 1819 
     C. BRASILIA 1849 
     D. BRASILIA 1867 
     E. BRASILIA 1631 
     F. BRASILIA 1973 
 
 1.(SBU) SUMMARY.  Brazilian President Lula da Silva 
concluded his third cabinet shuffle on July 21 to shore up 
crumbling support in Congress as a series of corruption 
scandals continue to rock his party and government (reftels) 
(revised cabinet list at paragraph 6).  The President 
announced the nomination of two more ministers: Nelson 
Machado, a PT-allied career civil servant at the Planning 
Ministry, becomes the new Social Security Minister; and the 
PP-connected Trade Ministry's Executive Secretary Marcio 
Fortes steps in as the Cities Minister.  Lula has reshuffled 
a total of 10 ministry posts and removed cabinet-level status 
of two Secretariats (Communications and Human Rights) (refs B 
and D) since early June when the Workers' Party (PT) was 
accused of bribing congressmen to back government 
legislation, sparking a major political crisis.  With these 
moves, Lula expected to defend the government and rearrange 
his support base in Congress, but it is highly unlikely that 
his coalition will be able to advance its legislative agenda 
in the current environment and with only 16 months before 
Brazil's national elections.  END SUMMARY. 
 
PRESIDENT LULA CONCLUDES CABINET SHUFFLE 
---------------------------------------- 
 
2. (U) On July 21, President Lula da Silva effected the two 
final cabinet changes in his third and long-waited cabinet 
shuffle amid an ongoing corruption scandal that has already 
resulted in the removal of several key leaders.  The new 
cabinet ministers are: 
 
- Marcio Fortes, 63, a career diplomat with a law degree, 
replaces Olivio Dutra (PT) as the new Cities Minister. 
Fortes, who served as an Executive-Secretary (vice-Minister) 
to the Ministries of Trade (2003-2005), Agriculture 
(1995-2002), and Mines & Energy (1990-1992), has connections 
with the Progressive Party (PP) and was a personal choice of 
Chamber President Severino Cavalcanti (PP).  Reportedly, 
Fortes' appointment is intended to satisfy Cavalcanti and, 
consequently, improve relations between the executive branch 
and Congress.  However, it was not endorsed by the entire PP 
delegation in the Chamber. 
 
- Nelson Machado, a PT-allied career civil servant at the 
Planning Ministry, replaces Senator Romero Juca (PMDB) at 
Social Security.  Machado has served as Executive-Secretary 
in the Ministry of Planning since Lula came into office and 
served as interim Planning Minister in late 2004.  Machado 
holds a law degree, a Master's in Financial and Budgetary 
Administration, and a Doctorate in Accounting.  He was chief 
of staff at Sao Paulo City Hall (1991-92) and served as 
director of Sao Paulo State School of Finance. 
 
3. (U) The recently-finalized cabinet shuffle increased the 
weighting of two of the allied parties (PMDB and PP) and 
decreased the number of first-rank positions occupied by the 
ruling PT, as Lula attempted to salvage his Congressional 
coalition.  The PMDB increased its participation from two to 
three ministerial seats (Note: In late June, the government 
promised to increase the PMDB's cabinet presence to four 
ministerial seats, but decided to award it only three after 
it failed to unite behind Lula's administration and remained 
split between pro and anti-government wings. End note.).  The 
PP gained its first cabinet level position with the recent 
nomination of Marcio Fortes to the Ministry of Cities. 
President Lula's PT lost positions in the government: former 
PT ministers have reoccupied posts as lawmakers to defend the 
government (former Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu, former 
Political Coordinator Aldo Rebelo and former Labor Minister 
Ricardo Berzoini), and two Ministries formerly headed by the 
PT were transferred to the PMDB (Health and Mines & Energy) 
and one to the PP (Cities).  President Lula also removed the 
cabinet-level status of two PT-controlled Secretariats (Human 
Rights and Communications) and transferred their duties to 
Secretary General Luiz Dulci (PT). 
 
SIPDIS 
 
LULA'S NEW CABINET 
------------------ 
4. (U) 
 
- President: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT-SP) 
- Vice President: Jose Alencar (PL-MG) 
- Minister-Chief Casa Civil (Chief of Staff): Dilma Rousseff 
(PT-RS) 
- Secretary General: Luiz Dulci (PT-MG) 
- Secretary for Economic and Social Development and 
Institutional Relations: Jaques Wagner (PT-BA) 
- Institutional Security: Gen. Jorge Armando Felix (p-RJ) 
- Inspector General: Waldir Pires (PT-BA) 
- Secretary for Fishing: Jose Fritsch (PT-SC) 
- Secretary for Racial Equality: Matilde Ribeiro (PT-SP) 
- Secretary for Women's Affairs: Nilceia Freire (PT-RJ) 
- Solicitor General: Alvaro Ribeiro Costa (p-CE) 
- Agrarian Development: Miguel Rossetto (PT-RS) 
- Agriculture: Roberto Rodrigues (PP-SP) 
- Cities: Marcio Fortes (PP-RJ) 
- Communications: Helio Costa (PMDB-MG) 
- Culture: Gilberto Gil (PV-BA) 
- Defense: Vice President Jose Alencar (PL-MG) 
- Development, Industry and Trade: Luis Furlan (p-SP) 
- Education: Fernando Haddad (PT-SP) 
- Environment: Marina Silva (PT-AC) 
- Finance: Antonio Palocci (PT-SP) 
- Foreign Affairs: Celso Amorim (p-SP) 
- Health: Saraiva Felip (PMDB-MG) 
- Justice: Marcio Thomaz Bastos (PT-SP) 
- Labor: Luiz Marinho (PT-SP) 
- Mines & Energy: Silas Rondeau (PMDB-MA) 
- National Integration: Ciro Gomes (PPS-CE) 
- Planning: Paulo Bernardo (PT-PR) 
- Science and Technology: Sergio Rezende (PSB-PE) 
- Social Development: Patrus Ananias (PT-MG) 
- Social Security: Nelson Machado (PT-SP) 
- Sports: Agnelo Queiroz (PCdoB-DF) 
- Tourism: Walfrido Mares Guia (PTB-MG) 
- Transportation: Alfredo Nascimento (PL-AM) 
- Central Bank President: Henrique Meirelles (p-GO) 
 
(Note: "p" signifies a non-party professional appointment. 
The Political Coordination Secretariat was folded into the 
Secretariat for Economic and Social Development, which became 
 
SIPDIS 
Secretariat for Economic and Social Development and 
 
SIPDIS 
Institutional Relations.  The Human Rights and the 
Communications Secretariats have been consolidated into 
General Secretariat.  End Note.) 
CHICOLA