BRASILIA (Reuters) - Pedro Parente, newly named chief executive of Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (>> Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras), said on Thursday there would be no political appointments at the troubled company.

Parente said he would resign as chairman of the Brazilian bourse BM&FBovespa SA (>> BM&F Bovespa SA) if there were a conflict of interest, though he would prefer to stay on as the company is in the middle of acquiring rival Cetip SA Mercados Organizados (>> Cetip SA Mercados Organizados).

(Reporting by Lisandra Paragrassu; Writing by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Daniel Flynn)