The president () announced, this Monday (20), the federal deputy (-SP) as the new minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency. The department is responsible for the government’s dialogue with social movements and has its office at Palácio do Planalto.
Boulos takes over, who had been criticized for his performance at the head of the department. According to reports, Macêdo should dedicate himself to the campaign to be elected federal deputy for Sergipe next year and should gain a new position in the government.
He did so last Friday (17), during a meeting with Lula at Palácio da Alvorada. The Minister (Institutional Relations) was also present.
“President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with federal deputy Guilherme Boulos this Monday (20) and invited him to occupy the position of chief minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic”, says the Planalto note.
“Boulos will replace minister Márcio Macedo in the role. Márcio, minister Gleisi Hoffmann (Institutional Relations Secretariat) and ministers Rui Costa (Civil House) and Sidônio Palmeira (Social Communication Secretariat) participated in the meeting with the president. Boulos’ appointment will be published in tomorrow’s Official Gazette [terça]”, he further states.
According to reports, Macêdo claimed that he gave up an electoral career to help Lula during his period of imprisonment in Curitiba, an argument that irritated the PT’s collaborators.
The idea of the exchange is to consolidate the left-wing base, aiming for the 2026 elections, in addition to reviving the social base and, above all, youth. Boulos is a member of the (Homeless Workers Movement) and participated directly in demonstrations promoted by the left this year.
The decision to nominate Boulos comes at a time when a wing of the center, which is currently part of Lula’s base, is in the elections next year. One of the PT’s movements, in this scenario, would be the consolidation of a historic left-wing base to safely reach 2026.
A Sheet revealed in September that he was replacing Macêdo. A few months ago, the president asked the deputy if he would give up running for the Chamber to join the government until the end of 2026. The deputy replied yes, adding that his priority is the re-election of the PT member.
One of the difficulties faced by the President of the Republic in the ministerial reform is the need for non-compatibilization. By law, ministers who run for election must leave office up to six months before the first round. Today, the estimate is that around 20 ministers will leave the government for the dispute.
Another difficulty was in relocating Macêdo, a friend of the president and first lady Rosângela Lula da Silva,.
Boulos reached the second round of the election for mayor of the capital of São Paulo in 2020 and 2024, but lost on both occasions — first to Bruno Covas (PSDB) and then to the current mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB). In the Chamber, he was leader of the PSOL bench.
For Boulos, this would be an opportunity to rebuild his weakened political capital. In the view of allies in the government, he will have a chance to resume his upward trajectory. The deputy is seen as one of Lula’s possible political successors.
Boulos counted on Lula’s personal commitment in the race for Mayor of São Paulo. The president intervened so that the PT would give up running and support Boulos’ candidacy, who.
Amid negotiations with his party, the president highlighted the deputy’s loyalty and even said that he considered Boulos to be more PT than some PT members.
In 2022, during the government transition, Boulos was considered to take on a ministry, having participated in the Cities working group. But this did not happen, since he was already a pre-candidate for mayor at the time.
With the change announced by Lula, Boulos becomes PSOL’s second minister. In addition, she is minister (Indigenous Peoples), federal deputy licensed by the acronym.
With the change of Macêdo, since he assumed his third term.
The last changes to the Esplanada had taken place in May. () resigned from his position as minister of 10 days after an operation that revealed a fraud scheme involving unauthorized discounts on . He was replaced by the department’s executive secretary, Wolney Queiroz Maciel.
Cida Gonçalves went. In her place, a PT member, former Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger from Lula’s second term, was appointed.
During the current term, the president has already carried out a mini-reform to accommodate more centrão parties in the Executive, in addition to having dismissed other incumbents due to complaints in cases of or pressure surrounding performance in the portfolios.
The ministers who left the Lula government
- General Gonçalves Dias: dismissed from GSI (Institutional Security Office)
- Daniela Carneiro: dismissed from the Ministry of Tourism
- Ana Moser: dismissed from the Ministry of Sports
- Márcio França: moved from Ministry of Ports and Airports to Entrepreneurship
- Flavio Dino: left the Ministry of Justice to take up a position at the STF (Supreme Federal Court)
- Silvio Almeida: dismissed from the Ministry of Human Rights
- Paulo Pimenta: fired from Secom (Secretariat of Social Communication)
- Nísia Trindade: dismissed from the Ministry of Health
- Alexandre Padilha: relocated from the Secretariat of Institutional Relations to the Ministry of Health
- Juscelino Filho: dismissed from the Ministry of Communications
- Carlos Lupi: dismissed from the Ministry of Social Security
- Cida Gonçalves: dismissed from the Ministry of Women
- Márcio Macêdo: dismissed from the General Secretariat of the Presidency
