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Bolsonaro Taps Admiral Albuquerque Junior as Mines and Energy Minister

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This morning (Friday, November 30th), president-elect Jair Bolsonaro named Admiral Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Júnior to take over Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy.

The announcement by Twitter read "Good Morning! I hereby communicate the appointment of the General Director of Nuclear and Technological Development of the Navy, Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Junior, to the position of Minister of Mines and Energy."

The Admiral is currently Director General of Nuclear and Technological Development of the Navy. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Albuquerque Júnior . . .

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