Lula will inaugurate José Guimarães at SRI this Tuesday (14)

Federal deputy José Guimarães (PT-CE) takes office this Tuesday (14), at 12 pm, as the new minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations (SRI). The department is responsible for the government’s political coordination, both with Congress and with other entities of the federation.

The information was confirmed by the Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom) this Monday (13). President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) will participate in the ceremony at Palácio do Planalto.

To be SRI minister, Guimarães gave up being a candidate this year. He was a pre-candidate for the Senate in Ceará. If he did not run for the Upper House of Congress, he could be a candidate for re-election. Now, he will have to stay in the ministry until the end and give up having an elected position next year.

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Guimarães was the government leader in the Chamber since the beginning of Lula’s term. Now, the position will be occupied by deputy Paulo Pimenta (PT-RS), former minister of the Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom).

The PT member has been a federal deputy since 2007. He is the brother of former PT president José Genoino. He was also leader of former president Dilma Rousseff’s government from 2015 to 2016. He is currently vice-president of the PT.