According to David Fleischer, a political scientist at the UniversityofBrasilia, the big winner in the new team (apart from Mr Malan) is Clovis Carvalho, the president's chief of staff.
David Fleischer, a political scientist at the UniversityofBrasilia, calculates that 40-45% of the current legislators will not be returning, and so will need to be persuaded into backing unpopular measures.
"It's been 10 months since the last worst air accident in Brazilian history, and now we've had an accident worse than that, " said David Fleischer, a political scientist at the UniversityofBrasilia.