After the dismissal announced by the Minister, the Apex chief complies with the "normal procedure", advises | Economy

According to Apex, Carreiro made "internal shipments" and received "state authorities".

"The Brazilian Agency for Export Promotion and Investment Attractiveness (Apex-Brasil) specify that President Alex Carreiro, appointed to this position by President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, has completed the normal procedure at the agency on Thursday (10/01), having made internal dispatches and received for public hearings, "Apex informed.

The G1 questioned the opinions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency of the Republic on this subject and waited for a response to the last update of this report.

Apex is linked to the structure of the ministry and the inauguration of Carreiro on January 2 was signed by President Jair Bolsonaro.

Apex is responsible for promoting Brazilian products and services abroad and attracting foreign investment in strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy.

The dismissal of Carreiro was communicated Wednesday (9) by Ernesto Araújo on Twitter. In the same message, the minister said he named the diplomat Mario Vilalva.

"Mr. Alex Carreiro has asked me to end his duties as president of APEX.I thank him for his important contribution to the transition and early government. Brought to PR Bolsonaro the name of Ambbadador Mario Vilalva, with extensive experience promoting exports, to the President of APEX, "wrote Araujo on the social network.

Ernesto Araújo did not explain the reason for his resignation but, according to the newspaper "O Globo", the president of Apex could not remain in office if the status of the agency was changed.

Indeed, according to the newspaper, he does not speak English and has no experience of the public sector in the field of foreign trade.

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