Overview

• Sabino submitted his resignation letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on September 26.
• His decision followed União Brasil’s mid-September resolution giving members 24 hours to leave government posts, pushed by party president Antônio Rueda.
• Lula requested that Sabino remain in the role through next week to accompany a visit to Belém on October 2–3 related to COP30 planning.
• The exit is the 13th change in Lula’s cabinet since 2023 and the sixth this year.
• He is expected to return to his seat in the Chamber of Deputies after leaving the ministry.