Brazil's Bolsonaro militarises his inner Cabinet
FEBRUARY 13, 2020 / 2:17 PM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO
Anthony Boadle
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff, cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men.
Braga, currently the Army’s chief of staff and its second highest-ranking officer, will take office on Tuesday, replacing Onyx Lorenzoni, who will move to head the Citizenship Ministry.
Bolsonaro tweeted the announcement of the long-awaited ministerial shuffle that removes Lorenzoni as the last politician in his inner Cabinet.
The appointment of Braga, the second active-duty general in the Cabinet, raises to seven the number of military men in the 20-member Cabinet, not counting Vice President Hamilton Mourao, a retired general.
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https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-militarises-his-inner-cabinet-idUKKBN2072QS?rpc=401&
On Wednesday (12), President Jair Bolsonaro appointed General Walter Braga Netto (photo) to replace Onyx Lorenzoni as chief minister of the Casa Civil. The general commanded the intervention program in Rio de Janeiro.
(Apparently General Braga had to pass Bolsonaro's smell test before being hired.)
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