All the President's Men (and Women)

All the President's 
Men (and Women)

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's cabinet members

are mostly from his own party, the PT. Four of them are
women, five have no party affiliation. Here’s a list and
the pictures of the new ministers and secretaries.
by:

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