Graduated in Civil Engineering and Law, Frederico Dias takes the seat left by Eduardo Nery\n\nPublished on 03/11/2026 11h21 Updated on 03/11/2026 15h41\n\nBrasília, 05/09/2025 - The National Waterway Transportation Agency (ANTAQ) will hold, on September 16, at 5 PM, the inauguration ceremony of the new Director-General, Frederico Dias, at the agency's headquarters in Brasília.\n\nGraduated in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and in Law from the Brazilian Institute of Public Law (IDP), Frederico Dias has postgraduate degrees in Infrastructure Regulation Control and Government Auditing and Control.\n\nThe new Director-General began his career in the private sector, in the Water Resources and Environment area, but consolidated his trajectory in the public sector, with a focus on regulation and infrastructure.\n\nAt the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), he was a Finance and Control analyst. At the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), he served as auditor, technical advisor, and substitute secretary in specialized infrastructure secretariats, accumulating experience in concessions, regulatory models, and technical engineering processes. He also worked at the Attorney General's Office of the Public Prosecutor's Office and in a minister's office.\n\nBetween 2022 and 2024, he held the position of Secretary-General of the Presidency, coordinating strategic areas such as technology and innovation, planning, institutional communication, parliamentary and international relations, information security, and corporate education. He also served as chief of staff for an authority for five years.\n\nWith a term until February 2030, Frederico Dias's appointment was formalized by a decree published in the Diário Oficial da União on August 29, 2025, in the same act that appointed the new ANTAQ Ombudsman, Renata Sousa Cordeiro. The document was signed by the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a ceremony at the Palácio do Planalto, on August 28.\n\nThe new Director-General was vetted by the Infrastructure Committee and the Plenary of the Federal Senate on August 20. He assumes the vacancy resulting from the end of Eduardo Nery's term.\n\nService\n\nWhat: Inauguration ceremony of ANTAQ's new Director-General\n\nWhen: September 16, 2025\n\nTime: 5 PM\n\nLocation: ANTAQ headquarters building - SEPN Quadra 514 Conjunto E, Asa Norte, Brasília (DF)\n\nBroadcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ANTAQ_oficial
Frederico Dias to take office as ANTAQ's Director-General on September 16
ANTAQ will hold the inauguration ceremony for Frederico Dias as the new Director-General on September 16, at 5 PM, at the agency's headquarters in Brasília. Graduated in Civil Engineering from UFMG and Law from IDP, he replaces Eduardo Nery, whose term has ended. Frederico Dias was vetted by the Federal Senate on August 20 and will serve until February 2030, as per a decree published in the DOU on August 29, 2025.
