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Brazil's new Cabinet includes members being investigated for corruption

Xinhua, May 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Brazilian interim President Michel Temer on Thursday announced his new Cabinet, with seven out of the 24 members being investigated for corruption.

Temer streamlined the Cabinet by merging various ministries. The Education and Culture ministries were merged, as were the ministries of Agrarian Development and of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation.

The Justice Ministry was merged with the Women, Racial Equality, Youth and Human Rights Ministry to form the Ministry of Justice and Citizenship. The Science and Technology Ministry was merged with the Communications Ministry. The Ports and Civil Aviation ministries were incorporated into the Transport Ministry.

The new Cabinet has no female ministers, the first time since the Ernesto Geisel administration (1974-1979).

Temer's all-male Cabinet is in stark contrast with that of Rousseff, whose initial Cabinet had 16 women, the largest number of female ministers in Brazilian history.

Temer took over from Rousseff after she was suspended from office to allow an impeachment trial against her.

The seven Cabinet ministers are being investigated over a corruption scandal of the state-owned oil company Petrobras. Endi