Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (Brazil)

The Ministry of Social Development, Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger (MSD)[2] (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social, Assistência, Família e Combate à Fome, MDS) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.

Not to be confused with Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade or Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil).
Ministry of Social Development, Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger
Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social, Assistência, Família e Combate à Fome
Ministry overview
Formed23 January 2004
1 January 2023 (restored)
Dissolved01 January 2019
HeadquartersBrasília, Distrito Federal
Annual budgetR$ 75,4 billion (2015)[1]
Minister responsible

History

The ministry was established in 2004 from the merger of the Special Ministry of Food and Nutritional Security, the Ministry of Social Assistance, and the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-ministerial Manager Council of Bolsa Família. It administers Bolsa Família, the National Social Assistance Fund (SANF), Industry Social Service (SESI), Commerce Social Service (SESC), and Transport Social Service (SEST).[2].

Under the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, the ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Citizenship, together with the Ministry of Sports and Ministry of Culture.

List of Ministers

Below is a list of Ministers of Social Development and Fight against Hunger.

Nº Minister Stard End Brazilian President
1 Patrus Ananias 24 January 2004 31 March 2010 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
2 Márcia Lopes 31 March 2010 31 December 2010
3 Tereza Campello 1 January 2011 12 May 2016 Dilma Rousseff
4 Osmar Terra 12 May 2016 10 April 2018 Michel Temer
5 Alberto Beltrame 10 April 2018 1 January 2019
Ministry incorporated during Jair Bolsonaro's administration
6 Wellington Dias 1 January 2023 Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

References
  1. Portal Orçamento (October 2014). "Projeto de Lei Orçamentária para 2015" (PDF). Senado federal. p. 26. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. Federative Republic of Brazil. Ministry of Social Development. "Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MSD) Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 22 September 2013. (in English)


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