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
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

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 6 September 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 (acting)	–

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	Macaé Evaristo	PT

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 Innovation in Public Services	Esther Dweck	–

Mines and Energy	Alexandre Silveira	PSD

Planning and Budget	Simone Tebet	MDB

Ports and Airports	Sílvio Costa Filho [pt]	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 [pt]	UNIÃO

Transport	Renan Filho	MDB

Women	Cida Gonçalves	PT

List of recent cabinets

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

[1] Ministério de Lula: veja a divisão por partidos, detalhes das pastas e compare com governos passados (in Portuguese)

[2] Brazilian Official Register of January 1st, 2023 (in Portuguese)

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v t e Cabinet of Brazil
Top offices	President Vice President Chief of Staff
Ministries	Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture Agriculture and Livestock Cities Communications Culture Defence Development, Industry, Trade and Services Education Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business Environment and Climate Change Foreign Affairs Finance Fishing and Aquaculture Health Human Rights and Citizenship Integration and Regional Development Justice and Public Security Labour and Employment Management and Innovation in Public Services Mines and Energy Native People Ports and Airports Planning and Budget Racial Equality Science, Technology and Innovation Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger Social Security Sports Tourism Transport Women
Secretariats	Government Institutional Affairs
Offices	Central Bank Attorney General of the Union Institutional Security Bureau Comptroller General of the Union

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Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Responsibilities

Current cabinet

List of recent cabinets

See also

References

External links