IBGE Replaces Communications Leadership With Probationary New Hires

Overview

• The presidency announced the dismissals and appointments via an intranet notice, providing bios for the new managers but no explanation for the changes.
• Four of the appointees entered the institute in July 2025 and are still in their probationary period, while one new manager was already a career servant.
• Marcos Filipe da Silva Sousa and Sheila Machado de Assis Ferreira will lead Communications, Lorenzo Mello and Adriano Marques de Souza will run social media, Gisele Rosa de Oliveira will head the Library, and Marcia Fonseca Popini will manage Customer Service.
• A repudiation note signed by more than 200 employees calls the decision authoritarian and warns it could undermine the integrity and neutrality of IBGE disclosures.
• The shake-up comes after months of conflict over a proposed new statute rejected by senior staff and a union-backed protest in October.