Tadeu de Alencar was chosen by the PT member to replace Márcio França; in the Chamber, he was one of the 367 deputies who supported the opening of the case against the then president
The new minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business, Tadeu Barbosa de Alencar, voted in favor of opening the impeachment process of then president Dilma Rousseff in the Special Impeachment Commission, in 2016. The former executive secretary of the department was (PT) to head the department. The decision was published in the Official Gazette of the Union, on Friday (3).
Tadeu Alencar was chosen by the PT member to replace Márcio Françawho left the federal government in order to run for political office in São Paulo in the 2026 elections.
Lula’s choice comes at a time when the government carries out exchanges on your ministry team. In all, of their positions. The mass exit aims to comply with legislation and meet the deadline established by the Electoral Court, as former ministers are considering launching candidacies in the 2026 election.
Tadeu Alencar’s vote in favor of impeachment occurred during the process being processed in the Chamber of Deputies, in April 2016. On the occasion that marked the progress of the process, the Plenary of the House approved the report, prepared by deputy Jovair Arantes (PTB-GO), with 367 votes in favor, 137 contrary e 7 abstentions. The number easily exceeded the mark of 342 minimum votes required to authorize the Federal Senate to try the PT member for a crime of responsibility.
The session that marked Dilma’s defeat in the Chamber included the presence of 511 federal deputies and was marked by strong tension, with riot principle e celebration with every vote. In total, the impeachment discussion and voting process in the House consumed almost 53 hours of legislative work.
In addition to the Entrepreneurship folder, the publication in the DOU revealed another change in the Esplanada. Also former executive secretary Márcio Fernando Elias Rosa was appointed as new minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC). He arrives to replace Geraldo Alckmin, who left command of the ministry to run again for vice president on Lula’s ticket.
