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Pazuello confirmed as Brazil's health minister

On 16 September 2020 army general and logistics specialist Eduardo Pazuello was formally sworn in as Brazil's health minister at the Planalto Palace, after about four months as interim minister during the COVID-19 pandemic. He had run the ministry since Nelson Teich left in May and was the third health minister under President Bolsonaro.

Eduardo Pazuello (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 16 September 2020 army general and logistics specialist Eduardo Pazuello was formally sworn in as Brazil's health minister at the Planalto Palace, after about four months as interim minister during the COVID-19 pandemic. He had run the ministry since Nelson Teich left in May and was the third health minister under President Bolsonaro.

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  • Eduardo Pazuello

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    Pazuello confirmed as Brazil's health minister. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.g1.globo.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: pazuello+health · verified
  2. 2.cnnbrasil.com.brchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: pazuello+health · verified
  3. 3.agenciabrasil.ebc.com.brchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: pazuello+health · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Pazuello confirmed as Brazil's health minister. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pazuello-health-minister-2020-09-16

https://factrail.ai/facts/pazuello-health-minister-2020-09-16

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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