Ministry of Transport (Brazil)

The Ministry of Transport or Transportation (Portuguese: Ministério dos Transportes) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. It is the body responsible to enforce and direct regulations concerning transport, from roads and railways to ports and aviation and it also advises the President of Brazil in the execution and formulation of these policies. It was first established in 1992, during Fernando Collor de Mello's presidency. It was dissolved on 1 January 2019 during Jair Bolsonaro's government and merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure. The first minister to take office into the ministry since its re-creation in 2023 is Renan Filho.[3]

Ministry of Transport
Ministry overview
Formed28 July 1860
1 January 2023 (re-creation)
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersBrasília, Distrito Federal
Annual budgetR$ 23,3 billion (2023)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.transportes.gov.br

The body was re-created by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on January 1, 2023, being a result of the dissolution and division of former Ministry of Infrastructure into the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Ports and Airports.[4]

Chronology

The ministry has had several denominations:[5]

  • 1860 to 1891 — Secretary of State for Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works
  • 1891 to 1906 — Ministry of Industry, Transport and Public Works
  • 1906 to 1967 — Ministry of Transport and Public Works
  • 1967 to 1990 — Ministry of Transport
  • 1990 to 1992 — Ministry of Infrastructure
  • April 10, 1992 to November 19, 1992 — Ministry of Transport and Communications
  • November 19, 1992 to May 12, 2016 — Ministry of Transport
  • May 12, 2016 to December 31, 2018 — Ministry of Transportation, Ports and Civil Aviation
  • January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022 — Ministry of Infrastructure
  • since 1 January, 2023 — Ministry of Transport (re-created for the sixth time)

List of ministers of Transport of Brazil

Old Republic (First Brazilian Republic)[6]
No. Portrait Minister Ministry Took office Left office President
1 Miguel Calmon du Pin e Almeida Ministry of Transport and Public Works 15 November 1906 14 June 1909 Afonso Pena
14 June 1909 18 July 1909 Nilo Peçanha
2 Francisco Sá 18 July 1909 15 November 1910
3 J. J. Seabra 15 November 1910 26 January 1912 Hermes da Fonseca
— Pedro Manuel de Toledo (interim) 26 January 1912 26 February 1912
4 José Barbosa Gonçalves 26 February 1912 15 November 1914
5 Augusto Tavares de Lira 15 November 1914 15 November 1918 Venceslau Brás
6 Afrânio de Melo Franco 15 November 1918 29 July 1919 Delfim Moreira
7 José Pires do Rio 29 July 1919 15 November 1922 Epitácio Pessoa
8 Francisco Sá 15 November 1922 15 November 1926 Artur Bernardes
9 Vítor Konder 15 November 1926 24 October 1930 Washington Luís

Vargas Era (Second and Third Brazilian Republic)
No. Portrait Minister Ministry Took office Left office President
— Paulo de Morais Barros (interim) Ministry of Transport and Public Works 25 October 1930 4 November 1930 Brazilian military junta of 1930
10 Juarez Távora 4 November 1930 5 November 1930 Getúlio Vargas
11 Paulo de Morais Barros 5 November 1930 24 November 1930
12 José Américo de Almeida 24 November 1930 25 July 1934
— Fernando Augusto de Almeida Brandão (interim) 26 April 1932 16 July 1932
13 João Marques dos Reis 25 July 1934 29 November 1937
— Joaquim Licínio de Sousa Almeida (interim) June 1936
14 João de Mendonça Lima 30 November 1937 31 October 1945
— Érico Delamare (interim) July 1938 August 1938
15 Maurício Joppert da Silva 1 November 1945 31 January 1946 José Linhares

Populist Republic (Fourth Brazilian Republic)
No. Portrait Minister Ministry Took office Left office President
16 Edmundo de Macedo Soares e Silva Ministry of Transport and Public Works 31 January 1946 16 October 1946 Eurico Gaspar Dutra
— Luís Augusto da Silva Vieira (interim) 16 October 1946 25 October 1946
17 Clóvis Pestana 25 October 1946 30 March 1950
18 João Valdetaro de Amorim e Mello 30 March 1950 31 January 1951
19 Álvaro Pereira de Souza Lima 31 January 1951 13 June 1953 Getúlio Vargas
— Francisco Mendes (interim) 13 June 1953 19 June 1953
20 José Américo de Almeida 19 June 1953 24 August 1954
24 August 1954 27 August 1954 Café Filho
21 Lucas Lopes 27 August 1954 29 January 1955
22 Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos 29 January 1955 6 April 1955
23 Otávio Marcondes Ferraz 6 April 1955 14 November 1955
24 Lucas Lopes 14 November 1955 31 January 1956 Nereu Ramos
25 Lúcio Meira 31 January 1956 28 July 1959 Juscelino Kubitschek
26 Ernâni do Amaral Peixoto 28 July 1959 31 January 1961
27 Clóvis Pestana 1 February 1961 27 August 1961 Jânio Quadros
— Hélio Cruz de Oliveira (interim) 28 August 1961 11 September 1961 Ranieri Mazzilli
28 Virgílio Távora 11 September 1961 12 July 1962 João Goulart (parliamentary system)
29 Hélio de Almeida 12 July 1962 22 January 1963
23 January 1963 21 June 1963 João Goulart (presidential system)
30 Expedito Machado 21 June 1963 31 March 1964

Military Dictatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)
No. Portrait Minister Ministry Took office Left office President
— Hélio Cruz de Oliveira (interim) Ministry of Transport and Public Works 31 March 1964 4 April 1964 Ranieri Mazzilli
31 Augusto Rademaker 4 April 1964 15 April 1964
32 Juarez Távora 15 April 1964 15 March 1967 Humberto Castelo Branco
33 Mário Andreazza Ministry of Transport 15 March 1967 31 August 1969 Costa e Silva
31 August 1969 30 October 1969 Brazilian military junta of 1969
30 October 1969 15 March 1974 Emílio Garrastazu Médici
34 Dirceu Araújo Nogueira 15 March 1974 15 March 1979 Ernesto Geisel
35 Eliseu Resende 15 March 1979 11 May 1982 João Figueiredo
36 Cloraldino Soares Severo 11 May 1982 14 March 1985

New Republic (Sixth Brazilian Republic)
No. Portrait Minister Ministry Took office Left office President
37 Affonso Camargo Neto Ministry of Transport 14 March 1985 14 February 1986 José Sarney
38 José Reinaldo Tavares 14 February 1986 15 March 1990
Merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure (15 March 1990 — 13 April 1992) Fernando Collor
39 Affonso Camargo Neto Ministry of Transport and Communications 13 April 1992 2 October 1992
40 Alberto Goldman Ministry of Transport 2 October 1992 21 December 1993 Itamar Franco
41 Margarida Coimbra do Nascimento 21 December 1993 3 March 1994
42 Rubens Bayma Denys 4 March 1994 1 January 1995
43 Odacir Klein 1 January 1995 15 August 1996 Fernando Henrique Cardoso
— Alcides Saldanha (interim) 15 August 1996 21 May 1997
44 Eliseu Padilha 22 May 1997 14 November 2001
45 Alderico Lima (interim) 14 November 2001 2 April 2002
46 João Henrique de Almeida Sousa 2 April 2002 1 January 2003
47 Anderson Adauto 1 January 2003 1 February 2003 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
— Keiji Kanashiro (interim) 1 February 2003 2 February 2003
48 Anderson Adauto 2 February 2003 15 August 2004
49 Alfredo Nascimento 15 August 2004 31 March 2006
50 Paulo Sérgio Passos 3 April 2006 29 March 2007
51 Alfredo Nascimento 29 March 2007 31 March 2010
52 Paulo Sérgio Passos 1 April 2010 1 January 2011
53 Alfredo Nascimento 1 January 2011 6 July 2011 Dilma Rousseff
54 Paulo Sérgio Passos 7 July 2011 1 April 2013
55 César Borges 2 April 2013 26 June 2014
56 Paulo Sérgio Passos 26 June 2014 1 January 2015
57 Antonio Carlos Rodrigues 1 January 2015 12 May 2016
58 Maurício Quintella Lessa Ministry of Transportation, Ports and Civil Aviation 12 May 2016 2 April 2018 Michel Temer
59 Valter Casimiro Silveira 2 April 2018 1 January 2019
Merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure (1 January 2019 — 1 January 2023) Jair Bolsonaro
60 Renan Filho[7] Ministry of Transport 1 January 2023 present Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

See also

References
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