Ministry of Racial Equality (Brazil)

Ministry of Racial Equality of Brazil is a department of the direct public administration of the Federal Government responsible to plan, coordinate and execute public politics of promotion of racial equality and fight against racism in national leve. The incumbent minister of state who heads the ministry is Anielle Franco.[1][2]

Ministry of Racial Equality
Portuguese: Ministério da Igualdade Racial
Agency overview
Formed21 March 2003 (2003-03-21)
HeadquartersBrasília, Federal District
Minister responsible

History

It was created under the name of Special Secretariat of Politics of Promotion of Racial Equality of the Presidency of the Republic (SEPPIR), on 21 March 2003, during the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a secretariat linked to the Presidency and with cabinet-level. The first chief minister was Matilde Ribeiro, social worker and university professor.

List of ministers

Parties

  PT (5)   Political independent (2)

Status
  Denotes service as acting ministers after resignation
No. Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 Matilde Ribeiro São Paulo 21 March 2003 6 February 2008 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
– Matvs Chagas
(Acting)		 Minas Gerais 6 February 2008 20 February 2008
2 Edson Santos Rio de Janeiro 20 February 2008 31 March 2010
3 Eloi Ferreira Rio de Janeiro 31 March 2010 1 January 2011
4 Luiza Bairros Rio Grande do Sul 1 January 2011 1 January 2015 Dilma Rousseff
5 Nilma Lino Gomes Minas Gerais 1 January 2015 2 October 2015
Dissolved in 2015 and recreated in 2023 as Ministry of Racial Equality[3]
5 Anielle Franco Rio de Janeiro 11 January 2023 Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Organizational structure
Ministries Esplanade reflected on the Nation Congress pool in Brasília.

Due to the long period it was a child agency in another department, the Ministry of Racial Equality is under a process of redeployment and should follow the organizational structure of the other Brazilian ministries that are composed by the following units and organs:

  • Direct and immediate assistance organs: Minister Cabinet; Executive Secretariat; Special Advisory of Internal Control (AECI); Juridical Consultancy (CONJUR).
  • Singular specific organs: thematic secretariats that are part of the second-tier of the federal government (these are subdivided in specialized department that form the third-tier).

See also

References
  1. "Decreto de 1° de janeiro de 2023". Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. "Quem é quem: os 37 ministros empossados por Lula". G1 (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. Matoso, Filipe; Alegretti, Laís; Passarinho, Nathalia (2 October 2015). "Dilma anuncia reforma com redução de 39 para 31 ministérios". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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