SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday tapped lawyer Ricardo de Aquino Salles to be his minister of environment, according to messages from the incoming president posted on social media.
Salles served as secretary of environment in Sao Paulo state government in 2016 and 2017, when centrist Geraldo Alckmin was governor. Brazilian industry and agriculture groups in recent days had announced their support for Salles, who leads a business-friendly organisation in Brazil called Movimento Endireita Brasil that backs less bureaucracy and lower taxes.
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