Elected vice-president Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) and PT chairman, federal MP Gleisi Hoffman (PR) emerge as strong figures in the future government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been elected to govern Brazil for the third time.

Alckmin and Gleisi will head the transition team. Both are rated for key ministries. Alckmin is currently the most cited as Minister of Finance. Gleisi is the strongest candidate for Chief of Staff.

Regarding command of the transition, Alckmin’s biggest advantages would be a wider political transition and the political power of a former governor of São Paulo. Gleisi is Lula’s most trusted politician.
The PT president today represents what Dilma Rousseff was to Lula when she took over the Civil Assembly for two terms of the PT. An interlocutor of the President says that Gleisi will become “Lula’s Dilma”. Meanwhile, she was the head of Dilma’s Civil House.

Indicators for the Finance and Civil Home portfolios are the most strategic.

For the Treasury, what’s in Alckmin’s favor is the political weight of the elected vice president and former governor of São Paulo, the possibility of forming a more diverse economic team with names from the Real Plan.
This formula will be more pleasing for the financial market and the big business world.

During a time of great financial difficulty, it could bring more political breath to Lula.

Other names cited for the Treasury in the PT are the names of his deputy Alexandre Padilha (SP) and Rui Costa, governor of Bahia. A talented political songwriter, Padilha is being considered for a role in this field (Presidential General Secretariat, Political Coordination). Costa is remembered for a folder in the infrastructure area.

Marina Silva is seen in PT as someone who would have a strong international impact if reappointed as Head of Environment. She may have a support team that combines PT and reliable staff.
Simone Tebet (MDB) should be the minister. Lula is well aware of the key role he played in the second round. She would be a social or agricultural minister. In the name of justice, elected senator Flávio Dino (PSB-MA) is the most cited. Lawyer Marco Aurélio Carvalho is remembered for this portfolio or palace ministry.

On defense, Senator Jaques Wagner (PT-BA), head of the portfolio and endowed with political skills and Lula’s confidence, may be a safe bet. Wagner has also been cited for political articulation.