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Overview
- Lula summoned Wellington Lima e Silva to the Planalto on Tuesday and is expected to formalize an invitation for him to lead the Justice Ministry, according to O Globo.
- Wellington Lima e Silva heads Petrobras’ legal department and previously served as the Casa Civil’s secretary of legal affairs from January 2023 to August 2024, working closely with the president.
- The ministry remains under interim leadership by Manoel Carlos de Almeida Neto following Ricardo Lewandowski’s exoneration on January 10.
- His earlier stint as justice minister in 2016 was annulled by the Supreme Federal Court because he was an active prosecutor, a restriction that does not apply now that he is retired.
- A career prosecutor in Bahia, he twice served as procurador-geral and has advocated police-led investigations with support from prosecutors, while the government has decided not to split the justice and public security portfolios unless a constitutional amendment progresses.