Ministry of Labour and Employment

Portuguese: Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego
Agency overview
Formed	2 May 1974; 49 years ago (1974-05-02)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco F Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$96.32 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Luiz Marinho, Minister Francisco Macena da Silva, Executive-Secretary Luiz Brandão de Mello, Secretary of Labour Inspection Carlos Gonçalves Junior, Secretary of Labour Protection Marcos Perioto, Secretary of Labour Affairs Magno Lavine, Secretary of Qualification and Promotion of Employment and Income Generation Gilberto Carvalho, Secretary of Popular and Solidarity Economy
Website	www.gov.br/trabalho-e-emprego/

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (Portuguese: Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, abbreviated MTE) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current Minister of Labour is Luiz Marinho.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		Lindolfo Collor (1890–1942)	26 November 1930 (1930-11-26)	4 April 1932 (1932-04-04)	1 year, 130 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
2		Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (1888–1950)	4 April 1932 (1932-04-04)	25 July 1934 (1934-07-25)	2 years, 112 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
3		Agamenon Magalhães (1893–1952)	25 July 1934 (1934-07-25)	25 November 1937 (1937-11-25)	3 years, 123 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
4		Waldemar Falcão (1895–1946)	25 November 1937 (1937-11-25)	13 June 1941 (1941-06-13)	3 years, 200 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
5		Dulfe Pinheiro Machado (1885–1972)	13 June 1941 (1941-06-13)	29 December 1941 (1941-12-29)	199 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
6		Marcondes Filho (1892–1974)	29 December 1941 (1941-12-29)	29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)	3 years, 304 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
7		Carneiro de Mendonça (1894–1946)	29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)	31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)	94 days		Independent	José Linhares (Ind)
8		Octacílio Negrão de Lima (1897–1960)	31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)	30 October 1946 (1946-10-30)	272 days		Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
9		Morvan Dias de Figueiredo (1890–1950)	30 October 1946 (1946-10-30)	30 September 1948 (1948-09-30)	1 year, 336 days		Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
10		João Otaviano de Lima Pereira (1887–?)	30 September 1948 (1948-09-30)	22 October 1948 (1948-10-22)	22 days		Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
11		Honório Fernandes Monteiro (1894–1968)	22 October 1948 (1948-10-22)	29 June 1950 (1950-06-29)	1 year, 250 days		PSD	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
12		Marcial Dias Pequeno (1908–1991)	29 June 1950 (1950-06-29)	31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)	216 days		Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
13		Danton Coelho (1906–1961)	31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)	5 September 1951 (1951-09-05)	217 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
14		José de Segadas Viana (1906–1991)	5 September 1951 (1951-09-05)	17 June 1953 (1953-06-17)	1 year, 285 days		PTB	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
15		João Goulart (1919–1976)	18 June 1953 (1953-06-18)	23 February 1954 (1954-02-23)	250 days		PTB	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
16		Hugo de Araújo Faria (1915–1987)	24 February 1954 (1954-02-24)	24 August 1954 (1954-08-24)	181 days		Independent	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
17		Napoleão de Alencastro Guimarães (1899–1964)	24 August 1954 (1954-08-24)	11 November 1955 (1955-11-11)	1 year, 79 days		PSD	Café Filho (PSP) Carlos Luz (PSD)
18		Nélson Omegna (1903–1987)	11 November 1955 (1955-11-11)	31 January 1956 (1956-01-31)	81 days		Independent	Nereu Ramos (PSD)
19		Parsifal Barroso (1913–1986)	31 January 1956 (1956-01-31)	30 June 1958 (1958-06-30)	2 years, 150 days		PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
20		Mário Meneghetti (1905–1969)	30 June 1958 (1958-06-30)	17 July 1958 (1958-07-17)	17 days		PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
21		Fernando Nóbrega (1904–1993)	17 July 1958 (1958-07-17)	17 April 1960 (1960-04-17)	1 year, 275 days		PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
22		João Batista Ramos (1910–2002)	19 April 1960 (1960-04-19)	7 November 1960 (1960-11-07)	202 days		PTB	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
23		Alírio Sales Coelho (1904–1975)	7 November 1960 (1960-11-07)	31 January 1961 (1961-01-31)	85 days		PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
24		Francisco Carlos Castro Neves (1914–1974)	31 January 1961 (1961-01-31)	25 August 1961 (1961-08-25)	206 days		Independent	Jânio Quadros (PTN)
25		José de Segadas Viana (1906–1991)	28 August 1961 (1961-08-28)	8 September 1961 (1961-09-08)	11 days		PTB	Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Prime Minister
26		Franco Montoro (1916–1999)	8 September 1961 (1961-09-08)	12 July 1962 (1962-07-12)	307 days		PDC	Tancredo Neves (PSD)
27		Hermes Lima (1902–1978)	12 July 1962 (1962-07-12)	31 August 1962 (1962-08-31)	50 days		PTB	Brochado da Rocha (PSD)
28		Benjamin Eurico Cruz (1915–1992)	31 August 1962 (1962-08-31)	24 January 1963 (1963-01-24)	146 days		Independent	Brochado da Rocha (PSD) Hermes Lima (PTB)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
29		Almino Monteiro Álvares Afonso (born 1929)	24 January 1963 (1963-01-24)	18 June 1963 (1963-06-18)	145 days		PTB	João Goulart (PTB)
30		Amaury de Oliveira e Silva (1924–2002)	18 June 1963 (1963-06-18)	31 March 1964 (1964-03-31)	287 days		Independent	João Goulart (PTB)
31		Arnaldo Lopes Süssekind (1917–2012)	4 April 1964 (1964-04-04)	7 December 1965 (1965-12-07)	1 year, 247 days		Independent	Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD) Castelo Branco (Military dictatorship)
32		Walter Peracchi Barcelos (1907–1986)	7 December 1965 (1965-12-07)	18 July 1966 (1966-07-18)	223 days		ARENA	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
33		Paulo Egydio Martins (1928–2021)	18 July 1966 (1966-07-18)	1 August 1966 (1966-08-01)	14 days		ARENA	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
34		Luís Gonzaga do Nascimento e Silva (1915–2003)	1 August 1966 (1966-08-01)	15 March 1967 (1967-03-15)	226 days		Independent	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
35		Jarbas Passarinho (1920–2016)	15 March 1967 (1967-03-15)	30 October 1969 (1969-10-30)	2 years, 229 days		ARENA	Costa e Silva (ARENA) Military Junta of 1969 (Military junta)
36		Júlio Barata (1905–1991)	30 October 1969 (1969-10-30)	15 March 1974 (1974-03-15)	4 years, 136 days		Independent	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA)
37		Arnaldo da Costa Prieto (1930–2012)	2 May 1974 (1974-05-02)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	4 years, 317 days		ARENA	Ernesto Geisel (ARENA)
38		Murilo Macedo (1923–2003)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	6 years, 0 days		PDS	João Figueiredo (PDS)
39		Almir Pazzianotto (born 1936)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)	3 years, 196 days		MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
40		Erós Antônio de Almeida (born 1941)	27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)	28 October 1988 (1988-10-28)	31 days		Independent	José Sarney (MDB)
41		Ronaldo Costa Couto (born 1942)	28 October 1988 (1988-10-28)	13 January 1989 (1989-01-13)	77 days		MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
42		Dorothea Werneck (born 1948)	13 January 1989 (1989-01-13)	15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)	1 year, 61 days		Independent	José Sarney (MDB)
43		Antônio Rogério Magri (born 1940)	15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)	20 January 1992 (1992-01-20)	1 year, 311 days		PTB	Fernando Collor (PRN)
44		Reinhold Stephanes (born 1939)	20 January 1992 (1992-01-20)	13 April 1992 (1992-04-13)	84 days		PFL	Fernando Collor (PRN)
45		João Mellão Neto (1955–2020)	13 April 1992 (1992-04-13)	4 October 1992 (1992-10-04)	174 days		PFL	Fernando Collor (PRN)
46		Walter Barelli (1938–2019)	4 October 1992 (1992-10-04)	4 May 1994 (1994-05-04)	1 year, 212 days		PSDB	Itamar Franco (MDB)
47		Marcelo Pimentel (1925–2018)	4 May 1994 (1994-05-04)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	242 days		Independent	Itamar Franco (MDB)
48		Paulo de Tarso Almeida Paiva (born 1940)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	30 March 1998 (1998-03-30)	3 years, 88 days		Independent	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
–		Antonio Anastasia (born 1961) Acting	30 March 1998 (1998-03-30)	6 April 1998 (1998-04-06)	7 days		PSDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
49		Edward Swaelen (born 1956)	6 April 1998 (1998-04-06)	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)	270 days		Independent	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
50		Francisco Dornelles (1935–2023)	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)	8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)	3 years, 97 days		PP	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
51		Paulo Jobim Filho (born 1952)	8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	268 days		Independent	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
52		Jaques Wagner (born 1951)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)	1 year, 22 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
53		Ricardo Berzoini (born 1960)	23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)	12 July 2005 (2005-07-12)	1 year, 170 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
54		Luiz Marinho (born 1959)	12 July 2005 (2005-07-12)	29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)	1 year, 260 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
55		Carlos Lupi (born 1957)	29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)	5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)	4 years, 251 days		PDT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT)
–		Paulo Roberto dos Santos Pinto (born 1972) Acting	5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)	3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)	150 days		Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
56		Brizola Neto (born 1978)	3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	316 days		PDT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
57		Manoel Dias (born 1938)	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	2 years, 201 days		PDT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
58		Miguel Ressetto (born 1960)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	223 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
59		Ronaldo Nogueira (born 1966)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)	1 year, 229 days		PTB	Michel Temer (MDB)
–		Vacant Acting	27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	104 days		Vacant	Michel Temer (MDB)
60		Helton Yomura (born 1984)	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)	86 days		PTB	Michel Temer (MDB)
–		Eliseu Padilha (1945–2023) Acting	5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)	9 July 2018 (2018-07-09)	4 days		MDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
61		Caio Vieira de Mello (born 1949)	9 July 2018 (2018-07-09)	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	176 days		Independent	Michel Temer (MDB)
62		Onyx Lorenzoni (born 1954)	28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	246 days		DEM	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
63		José Carlos Oliveira (born 1965)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	276 days		Independent	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
64		Luiz Marinho (born 1959)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	1 year, 116 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)