Cabinet of Brazil

Cabinet of Brazil

National Seal of Brazil
President Lula da Silva's Cabinet pictured in January 2023
Formation	24 January 1891; 133 years ago (1891-01-24)
Purpose	Advisory body to the president of Brazil
Location	Palácio do Planalto, Brasília
President of Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Membership	38 members (not counting the VP): 31 ministers 7 cabinet-level members
Website	www.gov.br

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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.

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

As of 1 February 2024:^[1][2]

Cabinet of Brazil
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 Support for Reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul	Paulo Pimenta	PT
Secretariat of Social Communication	Laércio Portela (interim)	–
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

This page was last edited on 15 May 2024, at 22:20