Indications involve the areas of electricity, telecommunications and waterfall transport; Sabbaths will be in August
The President (PT) sent to the Federal Senate the nominations of and to compose the board of Aneel (National Agency of Electric Energy). The nominations were published this Thursday (15.Jul.2025) in the DOU (Official Gazette). This is the order (PDF – 121 kb).
Gentil Nogueira is currently Secretary of Electric Energy in the Ministry of Mines and Energy). He was nominated for the vacancy of Ricardo Tili, whose term ended in May this year. Willamy Frota, former president of and former director of, was chosen for the post left by Hélvio Guerra, who left the agency in May 2024.
The indications result from political articulations conducted by the government. Nogueira was recommended by the minister (PSD-MG). Fleet was supported by the Senator (MDB-AM) former Minister of Mines and Energy and chosen to chair the Joint Reform Commission, the MP (Provisional Measure) 1,300 of 2025.
The names were also agreed with the president of Congress, Senator (Union-AP).
Sabatinas
The Senate wants to hold those from 11 to 15 August, during a concentrated effort provided to analyze indications to positions in regulatory agencies. Prior to that, from August 4 to 8, the nominees will be evaluated by the home’s thematic committees.
While the new directors are not confirmed, Aneel continues with temporary substitutes. In place of Tili, the agency’s secretary general, took over as interim director since May, with a term of office of up to 180 days. For the vacancy of war, the current substitute is Aneel’s secretary of auctions.
ANATEL AND ANTAQ
In addition to the nominations for Aneel, Lula indicated and to compose the Board of Directors of (National Telecommunications Agency).
Octavio PieraTi is an Anatel career civil servant, where he worked for 16 years as a specialist in regulating telecommunications services. Since 2023, he has worked at the Secretariat of Digital Policies of (Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic).
Edson Victor Eugênio de Holanda also has a trajectory in the public sector, with technical experience in telecommunications. He was Telebras’s legal consultant between September 2023 and January 2025 and, in 2023, joined the Ministry of Mines and Energy team as director.
For the position of Director General of (National Waterway Transport Agency), the name of. If approved by the Senate, Dias will replace Eduardo Nery, whose mandate ended in February.
Dias is a career civil servant of the Federal Court of Auditors, where he worked for 5 years in the minister’s office and even occupied the role of Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Court.
