The former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, heads the BRICS Bank

Former President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff On Friday he was elected president of New BRICS Development Bankthe entity was reported in a statement.

Seven years since his removal from the presidency in the process of “isolation», RousseffAt the age of 75, she will assume her first position with a public appearance, after her political godfather and the current Brazilian head of state chose her for the position. Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaHe has been back in power since January.

Rousseff The memo said he was appointed to take over the bank “with immediate effect”.

He will succeed the Brazilian diplomat Marcus Troygowho resigned two weeks ago, after remaining in office since 2020, was introduced by the former president Jair Bolsonaro.

The former president will complete the remainder of the rotating presidency, which corresponds to Brazil, until July 2025.

assumption Rousseff Scheduled on the 30th, during the trip to China to Lolawhose departure was postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to the president’s contracting pneumonia.

Rousseff He “gave priority to fighting poverty” during his presidency (2011-2016), and continued the social programs he started during his administration. Lola (2003-2010) thanks Brazil Managed to get out of the United Nations hunger map, highlights the statement of the Bank (NDB), which is based Shanghai.

Economist by training and Delphine Lula, Rousseff She became the first woman to hold the presidency in Brazil and won a second term that ended in 2016 with her dismissal, on charges of creating public accounts in a highly controversial process in Congress.

Since then, he has only unsuccessfully contested a state senate seat Minas Gerais in 2018.

He returned to the center of the public scene last year, when he actively accompanied Lula in the election campaign against the far right Bolsonaro.