US EditionBrazil's Lula Announces Alckmin as Running Mate for 2026 Election
Lula’s cabinet reshuffle includes over a dozen changes, with Vice President Alckmin stepping down from his ministerial role to focus on the October election.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula confirmed on Tuesday that Vice President Geraldo Alckmin will again be his running mate in an October election, reprising their 2022 winning ticket.
- This announcement ends months of speculation over whether Alckmin, 73, would run for office in Sao Paulo, where he previously served as governor for more than a decade.
- Brazilian law requires officials seeking public office to resign six months before the general vote, prompting Lula to disclose over a dozen cabinet changes on Tuesday.
- Key appointments include Andre Paula and Joao Paulo Capobianco replacing Carlos Favaro and Marina Silva in agriculture and environment, while Miriam Belchior replaces Staff Rui Costa.
- Recent opinion polls show Lula and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro tied in a simulated run-off for this year's vote, positioning the reshuffle as campaign strategy ahead of the election.
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Lula keeps Alckmin as his running mate for Brazil's general election in October
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will once again have his past rival and current Vice President Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for his reelection bid.
A ministerial meeting in the Palácio do Planalto highlighted the PT's electoral strategy: expand the "wide front" to work on Flavio Bolsonaro, Cajaado and Zema in October.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is an 80-year-old veteran with aversion to adventure or improvisation. He always takes part in not touching what works. Following that logic, on Tuesday he confirmed that he will attend the next elections in October with his current vice president, Geraldo Alckmin, 73, as number two again. His is a marriage of convenience between two politicians who were adversaries for decades and those who joined in 202…
Lula Confirms that Geraldo Alckmin Will Be Invited to Join the Cabinet that Will Discuss Re-Election
Vice-President will leave the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade to compete again in the task. At least 18 ministers will leave the functions, according to Lula.
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