Brazil announces more names for govt transition in environment, agriculture

FILE PHOTO: Geraldo Alckmin, elected Vice President, attends a news conference after meeting with Chief of Staff of the Presidency Ciro Nogueira (not pictured) at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin, who is coordinating the government transition process on behalf of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, announced on Wednesday more names for the team in areas including agriculture and environment.

As speculation mounts on who Lula will choose to form his cabinet, three former ministers in previous administrations of his Workers' Party were announced for the environment group. Three other former ministers close to rural producers were tapped for the agriculture group.