Ministry of Cities

The Ministry of Cities (Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, created on January 1, 2003.[2]

Ministry of Cities
Ministry overview
Formed1 January 2003
1 January 2023 (restored)
Dissolved1 January 2019
HeadquartersBrasília, Distrito Federal
Annual budgetR$ 27,8 billion (2015)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.cidades.gov.br

History

The ministry was created on January 1, 2003, following the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to The Guardian, "the ministry was set up to tackle the urban chaos of Brazil’s traffic-clogged megacities."[2]

On January 1, 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro had it merged with the Ministry of National Integration to form the Ministry of Regional Development, led by Minister Gustavo Canuto.

Following Lula's victory over Bolsonaro in the 2022 presidential election, Lula went on to re-establish them ministry on January 1, 2023. The newly appointed Minister of Cities, Jader Barbalho Filho, has pledged to rebuild the Minha Casa, Minha Vida public housing program.[3]

References
  1. Portal Orçamento (October 2014). "Projeto de Lei Orçamentária para 2015" (PDF). Senado federal. p. 22. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. Scruggs, Gregory (2019-07-18). "Ministry of cities RIP: the sad story of Brazil's great urban experiment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  3. "Governo Lula: acompanhe o segundo dia de posse dos ministros". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-13.


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