Simone Tebet seen accepting Lula's offer of Brazil planning minister

FILE PHOTO: Senator Simone Tebet attends a meeting at the transition government building in Brasilia, Brazil December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has invited centrist Senator Simone Tebet to be his planning minister, a close Lula aide said on Tuesday, and she is expected to accept.

Finding a place for Tebet in his cabinet has been one of the key challenges facing Lula in recent weeks as he builds his team ahead of a Jan. 1 inauguration, with nearly half of the incoming ministers yet to be announced.