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An army general with no medical experience is now Brazil's health minister

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Nearly 5 months after sacking Luiz Henrique Mandetta as the country's Health Minister, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has appointed an army general as the country's new health minister. General Eduardo Pazuello who will take the charge of the health ministry has no medical experience. With this appointment, Bolsonaro now has 11 officers from the forces in the 21-member cabinet. The President himself is a military veteran.