Haddad will meet with Guedes and Campos Neto and says he will announce the names of his team on Tuesday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Appointed as Finance Minister in the newly elected government, former mayor Fernando Haddad said he will announce two or three members of his future team on Tuesday, and reiterated that he seeks "plurality" in the composition of the economic team.

In a brief conversation with journalists this Monday, Haddad said he has no intention of discontinuing projects of the current government that are important for the country, but stressed that there are "course corrections" to be made.

"I don't want one school of economic thought controlling the economy; I want us to have a plurality of voices in the economy," Haddad stated at the entrance of the hotel where he is staying in Brasília.

"I need all kinds of people. I'll announce it tomorrow," he added, after saying he would reveal at least two names, "maybe a third based on what will be discussed tonight."

Haddad's nomination for Finance Minister was not well received by the market, which is suspicious of his adherence to fiscal austerity principles, and there is an expectation that the team may include names with a more orthodox profile.

Haddad will give a press conference early Tuesday evening. Throughout the day he will meet with the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, and the president of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto.

According to Haddad, the intention is to begin the "practical" transition, by reviewing the agendas of all the departments within the Ministry of Economy and, in the case of the Central Bank, respecting the new institutional framework that granted independence to the monetary authority.

"We will address whatever is important and aligned with our beliefs," Haddad stated.

The future minister, however, stressed that there are course corrections to be made, stating that it will be important for the teams to work in an integrated manner—including with the Ministry of Planning, which will be recreated in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government—to expedite measures to "remedy what we are inheriting."

When questioned about changing the directors of the Central Bank, Haddad said it would be premature to talk about the matter and that the idea is to build the relationship with the institution with "great care," but he reminded that the government has the prerogative to eventually appoint a new president for the bank in two years, in addition to replacing directors whose terms expire.

The Central Bank's autonomy law allows for the reappointment of the president and directors of the Central Bank, but Roberto Campos Neto, who heads the institution, has already said that he would not accept being kept in the position.

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