Tag: Bolsonaro's Cabinet

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 10:31 UTC

  Bolsonaro names a woman from the farmers' caucus as Agriculture minister

  

  Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appointed his first female cabinet member on Wednesday evening, picking the head of the farmers’ caucus in the lower house as agriculture minister.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Several Army generals expected in Bolsonaro's cabinet to be announced next Monday

  

  Brazil’s far-right president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is likely to tap army generals and an ultra-free-market economist for key roles in his cabinet. The former army captain styles himself as an outsider, even though he has spent a long career in Congress, and has mostly sought prospective ministers with little political experience.