Joel Korn, president of WKI Brasil and senior international partner at UPITE Consulting Services: “Lula’s selection of the cabinet members is an encouragingly good start for his administration. Vice President Alckmin’s appointment as minister of industry and trade appears to be a good choice for the government’s interaction with private sector and with external trading partners. Noteworthy are the appointments of Nisia Trindade and Camilo Santana as health and education ministers, respectively. Both areas are high priorities for Lula’s government, and the appointments put the ministries in excellent hands. Lula has 37 ministries, a high number, at the outset of his administration. This will require strong leadership and coordination, a role that will likely be played by Chief of Staff Rui Costa, with the involvement of Minister for Management Esther Dweck. The new government will be engaged from its outset in…”
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