Lula Appoints Boulos to Secretaria-Geral as Galvão Considered for Chamber Seat

Overview

• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed on October 20 that Guilherme Boulos will lead the Secretaria-Geral da Presidência.
• As Boulos' first alternate, physicist Ricardo Galvão said his taking the Chamber seat is not defined and depends on talks within Rede and an official summons.
• Galvão noted that a potential return of PSOL minister Sônia Guajajara to the Chamber could prevent him from assuming the mandate.
• Galvão currently presides over CNPq and previously directed INPE, gaining national prominence in 2019 after defending official deforestation data in a clash with Jair Bolsonaro.
• Newsrooms report him as the likely successor, yet there is no timetable for a swearing-in and he has never served as a federal deputy.