Who’s who in the reshuffled cabinet
In that context, Bolsonaro closed out March with the largest reshuffle in his administration since taking office on January 2019. From the time of his inauguration, 18 ministers have left their jobs, including former Justice Minister
Sergio Moro. The country has had four different health ministers since the pandemic began. This time around, the major cabinet figures to step down were Foreign Affairs Minister
Ernesto Araújo, Attorney General
José Levi, and Defense Minister
Fernando Azevedo e Silva. The other positions receiving replacements include the secretary of the presidency, justice minister, and chief-of-staff.
Foreign Minister: Araújo was the target of criticism from both the private sector and congress for not securing vaccines from U.S. developers, hindering relations with China and India when the countries were about to commit to shipping vaccines, and striking a hard right tone. Another letter signed by over 300 diplomats asked for Araújo’s removal to save Brazil’s image abroad. He voluntarily left office on March 29 claiming he was victim of a conspiracy involving China and 5G interests.