Dilma announces changes in the Chief of Staff's Office, Education, and Health ministries.
The Ministers of the Civil House, Gleisi Hoffmann, and of Health, Alexandre Padilha, are leaving their posts to dedicate themselves to the elections; their places will be taken by the current Minister of Education, Aloizio Mercadante, and the Secretary of Health of São Bernardo, Arthur Chioro, respectively; for Education, in place of Mercadante, José Henrique Paim Fernandes, the current executive secretary of the Ministry, will assume the position; the new ministers will take office next Monday, the 3rd; check the note from the Planalto Palace.
247 - The ministerial reshuffle of President Dilma Rousseff officially begins this Thursday, the 30th. Two names who will be running for state governor, Gleisi Hoffmann in Paraná and Alexandre Padilha in São Paulo, will leave the Esplanade of Ministries next Monday, when their replacements take office.
Check out the text published on the Planalto Blog:
President Dilma Rousseff announced, this Thursday (30), the departure of the ministers of the Civil House, Gleisi Hoffmann, and of Health, Alexandre Padilha. Check the full text of the note:
OFFICIAL NOTE
President Dilma Rousseff announced changes to her cabinet today. The Chief of Staff, Gleisi Hoffmann, and the Minister of Health, Alexandre Padilha, will be leaving their posts.
For the position of Chief of Staff, the president nominated the Minister of Education, Aloizio Mercadante. The new Minister of Health will be the physician Arthur Chioro. The new Minister of Education will be José Henrique Paim Fernandes, the current Executive Secretary of the Ministry.
The swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers will take place on Monday at 11:00 AM at the Palácio do Planalto. The handover ceremonies will then be held at their respective ministries on Monday afternoon.
Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic