BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has chosen the head of his Workers Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, to serve as institutional relations minister, the government said in a statement on Friday.
Hoffmann, a federal lawmaker and staunch advocate of state-driven economic stimulus, will assume the key role of leading negotiations between the leftist Lula administration and Brazil's Congress, which has a conservative majority.
