Pedro Lucas Fernandes (-ma), 45, leader of the acronym NA, will be the government (), said the head of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, (PT).
The congressman must graduate from office, and asked to assume the new function after Easter.
He replaces Juscelino Filho, from the same party and the same state, which left the government’s portfolio after being denounced by (Attorney General’s Office) for alleged deviations from parliamentary amendments.
Born in, Pedro Lucas is graduated in administration and is the son of former Deputy Pedro Fernandes (União Brasil), current mayor of Arame (476 km from the capital of Maranhão).
He is in his second term representing the. In 2022, he received almost 160,000 votes, being the second most voted in the state. Before, he was councilor of the capital of Maranhão for two other periods, at the time affiliated to (today PRD).
In 2017, it was nominated for the presidency of the Metropolitan Executive Agency by the then governor, today Minister of. The state seeks to manage processes for the expansion of Greater São Luís, implementing basic sanitation, solid waste policies and urban mobility.
In this term, Pedro Lucas was vice-leader of the Lula administration, despite having more discreet performance-these 2023, he spoke only nine times in the House plenary. Since February, he has been a leader of União Brasil at the house.
The president had already quoted on Wednesday (9), when the name of the deputy as the first option for the ministry, stating that to discuss the possible appointment.
The choice brings União Brazil closer to the government. The new minister is one of the party’s main allies, Antonio Rueda, who took office in March 2024 and now manages to put his name inside the Ministries Esplanade.
Until then, the party’s three “quota” ministers were more linked to Senate President David Alcolumbre (Brazil-AP Union)-Waldez Góes, head of national integration, and Juscelino Filho-, or the House of Representatives’ bench, as in the case of Celso Sabino, tourism.
Pedro Lucas accompanied Rueda in the merger between PSL and DEM and stood by him in the fratricidal fight with Deputy Luciano Bivar (PE) for the Presidency of União Brasil. In this dispute, they had support from the DEM group to overthrow Bivar after he conflicted with state directories.
The congressman tried, three times, to take the lead of União Brasil in the House, but in the previous two lost to Elmar Nascimento (União Brasil-BA), of the former DEM group.
In February, he finally managed to reach the bench lead, in a process that took three months of negotiations, but will now have to give up the function.
The difficulty of building a majority to represent the bench with the government and Congress made his nomination for office to be at risk. Part of his allies were surprised by the announcement that he will take over the ministry, as they were certain that he would refuse to prevent another internal group from controlling the bench in the House.
To build this new agreement, the government allowed it to take possession only after Easter. Among the favorites to succeed him in the lead is Deputy Moses Rodrigues (CE).
He weighed on the choice to enter the government’s willingness to become Lula’s minister, which will expand the prestige at his electoral base, Maranhão, where the petista is supported by the majority of the population. The position can also project it to a Senate dispute.
This adherence, on the other hand, was fought by the party group that preaches opposition to the PT. For them, the appointment will bring the presidency of the government’s legend without gaining clear politicians, as the ministry has a reduced budget and few actions for municipalities.
The choice, even, occurs less than a week after the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil),, in an event in Salvador, against Lula and the PT. Rueda, Pedro Lucas and Alcolumbre did not attend the act.
