The four alternate senators who make up the ministerial team of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government have already assumed their mandates in the House. Ana Paula Lobato (PSB-MA) replaced Flávio Dino (PSB-MA), Minister of Justice and Public Security; Augusta Brito (PT-CE) replaces Camilo Santana (PT-CE), Minister of Education; and Fernando Farias (MDB-AL) takes over from Renan Filho (MDB-AL), the new Minister of Transport.
The only substitute who is not a newcomer is Margareth Buzetti (PSD-MT), who takes over from the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro (PSD-MT). She had already replaced the parliamentarian last year and now takes over with the appointment of Fávaro to Lula’s government.
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Ana Paula Lobato, aged 37, is the youngest senator in the House. She intends to dedicate her mandate to causes related to women, health and education. Augusta Brito, 46 years old, said that she will work together with the Lula government in the fight against poverty and social inequalities. She highlighted the importance of acting in favor of renewable energies, such as wind and solar. A nurse and businesswoman in the construction equipment and machinery rental business, she is also deputy mayor of Pinheiro, a municipality in Baixada Maranhense where she spent her childhood and adolescence. In January 2022, she took over the city hall during the removal of Luciano Genésio by determination of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region.
Businessman Fenando Farias (MDB), 70 years old, has never held political office. It operates in the production of sugar, alcohol, brandy and bioelectricity, generated from the grinding of sugarcane bagasse. He is one of the executives of the Carlos Lyra Group, headquartered in Maceió, which has five production plants in the states of Alagoas, Goiás and São Paulo. He is also the owner of a mall center in the municipality of Delmiro Gouveia, in the interior of Alagoas.
