Fernando Araújo as the new Executive Director of the SNS Start › News < back 19 Sep 2022 Fernando Araújo, the current President of Hospital de São João, will meet at the end of this week at the Ministry of Health, to evaluate some issues about the new position and certain final decisions. The current Minister of Health, Manuel Pizarro, decided that Fernando Araújo could be the new Executive Director of the SNS, but now the guarantee of autonomy of the position, politics and vis-à-vis the SNS institutions is at stake, as well as the location of the new body , which are certain points that will be addressed at the meeting later this week. In addition to the new Executive Director, the commission will also have a Management Council, a Strategic Council, and a single Managers and Supervisory Assembly. Fernando Araújo was chosen by the government after Manuel Pizzaro, the new Minister of Health, took office, without there being a formal invitation. It was necessary to wait for the President of the Republic to promulgate the diploma that enables the creation of the executive direction. Now at this point, it will take a few more days to confirm whether Fernando Araújo accepts his new position and whether or not the government also accepts his demands.