Michel Temer, Brazil’s acting president, with just one week in the office under his belt, is not wasting time. Namely, he has named a person to take over the helm of the country’s oil giant Petrobras.
In a statement on the Brazilian government’s website, it has been revealed that Pedro Parente , a former energy minister, would be taking the top position at the oil company.
Parente will take over from Aldemir Bendine , who took office in February 2015, following the resignation of Maria das Graças Silva Foster , amid corruption accusations.
Parente, head of the Sao Paolo stock exchange, has been now named new CEO of Petrobras, by Brazil’s interim-president Michel Temer, who took office last week following the impeachment of the president Dilma Rousseff for breaking budget rules. Rousseff called the process a ‘coup’.
The acting president Michel Temer, who was Rousseff’s vice-president thanked “the invaluable services provided by Aldemir Bendine, who led the very successful start of the Petrobras recovery”.
Offshore Energy Today Staff