The deputy Pedro Lucas (Union-MA) is quoted to be the new Minister of Communications, Responsible for broadcasting policies and services, telecommunications and postcards.
The movement occurs after the then head of the folder, Juscelino Filhoalso affiliated to the acronym ,. He was denounced by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) for involvement in a deviation scheme of parliamentary amendments while acting as a deputy.
The Ministry of Communications is expected to continue under the command of União Brasil, which also occupies two others on the Esplanada: the tourism, with Celso Sabino, and the integration and regional development, which, despite being commanded by Waldez Góes, from the PDT, came from an indication of the caption.
According to information from the anchor of CNN Tainá Falcão, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT).
Who is Pedro Lucas Fernandes?
Pedro Lucas Fernandes was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2019. In 2022, he was reelected with 159,786 votes, being the second most voted in Maranhão.
He started in public life as a councilman in 2013, acting in the São Luís City Council for seven years, being affiliated to the PTB – today PRD.
Born in the capital of Maranhão, the parliamentarian is the son of the former deputy Pedro Fernandes (Union), current mayor of Arame, a municipality located in the interior of the state.
The deputy has a degree in administration with specialization in government planning.
In 2017, still in his mandate as councilor, Pedro Lucas was nominated to occupy the position of president of Metropolitan Executive Agency (Age) of Maranhão by the then governor of the state, Flávio Dino. Today, Dino, as Minister of the Supreme Court (STF), is rapporteur of the case of Juscelino Filho.
Pedro Lucas was the first president of the state -owned company, who emerged that year with the objective of “managing the metropolitan metropolization process of Greater São Luís” and “and implementing public functions of common interest”, such as basic sanitation, solid waste and urban mobility.
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Since February 2025, Pedro Lucas is the leader of União in the Chamber. Earlier, he was vice-leader of the Government in the National Congress, a position he held for two years since February 2023.
Throughout the term, he participated in special and external committees, such as the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of oil spill in the Northeast, between 2019 and 2021.
Recently, the union leader in the House accompanied
He was with an entourage of ministers and parliamentarians, as president of the Senate and his acronym colleague, David Alcolumbre (Union-AP), with the objective of “further strengthening the ties and expanding the possibilities of investments for Brazil”, as stated in a publication on social networks.
