Cabinet of Brazil
The Cabinet of Brazil (Portuguese: Gabinete do Brasil), also called Council of Ministers (Portuguese: Conselho de Ministros) or Council of Government (Portuguese: Conselho de Governo), is composed of the Ministers of State and senior advisors of the executive branch of the federal government of Brazil. Cabinet officers are appointed and dismissed by the President. There are currently twenty-three Ministries, including six Ministry-level offices: the Chief of Staff, General-Secretariat of the Presidency, Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Secretariat of Social Communication, Personal Office of the President of the Republic and the Institutional Security Office. Other institutions also assists the Presidency.
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Formation | 24 January 1891 |
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Purpose | Advisory body to the president of Brazil |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |
Membership | 38 members (not counting the VP):
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Website | www |
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Responsibilities
Ministers assist the President of the Republic in the exercise of executive power. Each minister is responsible for the general administration of a government portfolio, and heads the corresponding government ministry. Ministers prepare standards, monitor and evaluate federal programs, and formulate and implement policies for the sectors they represent. They are also responsible for establishing strategies, policies and priorities in the application of public resources. Generally, the minister considered to be the highest-ranking is the Chief of Staff, while other high-profile ministers include Finance, Justice, External Relations and Defense.
Current cabinet
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Office | Name | Political party |
President of the Republic | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | PT |
Vice President of the Republic Development, Industry, Trade and Services |
Geraldo Alckmin | PSB |
Chief of Staff | Rui Costa | PT |
Secretariat of Institutional Affairs | Alexandre Padilha | PT |
Secretariat of Social Communication | Paulo Pimenta | PT |
Secretariat-General of the Presidency | Márcio Macêdo | PT |
Attorney General | Jorge Messias | – |
Comptroller General | Vinícius Marques de Carvalho | – |
Institutional Security | Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos | – |
Agrarian Development and Family Farming | Paulo Teixeira | PT |
Agriculture and Livestock | Carlos Fávaro | PSD |
Cities | Jader Barbalho Filho | MDB |
Communications | Juscelino Filho | UNIÃO |
Culture | Margareth Menezes | – |
Defence | José Múcio | PRD |
Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger | Wellington Dias | PT |
Education | Camilo Santana | PT |
Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business | Márcio França | PSB |
Environment and Climate Change | Marina Silva | REDE |
Finance | Fernando Haddad | PT |
Fishing and Aquaculture | André de Paula | PSD |
Foreign Affairs | Mauro Vieira | – |
Health | Nísia Trindade | – |
Human Rights and Citizenship | Silvio Almeida | – |
Indigenous Peoples | Sônia Guajajara | PSOL |
Integration and the Regional Development | Waldez Góes | PDT |
Justice and Public Security | Ricardo Lewandowski | – |
Labour and Employment | Luiz Marinho | PT |
Management and the Innovation in Public Services | Esther Dweck | – |
Mines and Energy | Alexandre Silveira | PSD |
Planning and Budget | Simone Tebet | MDB |
Ports and Airports | Sílvio Costa Filho | Republicanos |
Racial Equality | Anielle Franco | PT |
Science, Technology and Innovation | Luciana Santos | PCdoB |
Social Security | Carlos Lupi | PDT |
Sports | André Fufuca | PP |
Tourism | Celso Sabino | UNIÃO |
Transport | Renan Filho | MDB |
Women | Cida Gonçalves | PT |
List of recent cabinets
- Cabinet of Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- First cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Cabinet of Dilma Rousseff
- Cabinet of Michel Temer
- Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro
- Second cabinet of Lula da Silva
See also
- Federal institutions of Brazil
References
External links
- gov.br Official Brazilian Government Portal
- Presidência da República Official website of the Presidency of Brazil
- e.Gov Official Government Services and Information Portal