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Ministry of Racial Equality
Portuguese: Ministério da Igualdade Racial
Agency overview
Formed21 March 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-21)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco F
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$91.8 m BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives
  • Anielle Franco, Minister
  • Roberta Eugênio, Executive-Secretary
  • Iêda Leal de Souza, Secretary of Management of the National System of Promotion of Racial Equality
  • Ronaldo dos Santos, Secretary of Policies for Quilombolas, Traditional People and Communities of African Origin, Terreiro People and Gypsies
  • Márcia Regina de Lima, Secretary of Policies and Affirmative Actions, Fight and Overcoming Racism
Websitewww.gov.br/igualdaderacial/

Ministry of Racial Equality of Brazil is a department of the direct public administration of the Federal Government responsible to plan, coordinate and execute public politics of promotion of racial equality and fight against racism on a national level. The incumbent minister of state who heads the ministry is Anielle Franco.[2][3]

History

It was created under the name of Special Secretariat of Politics of Promotion of Racial Equality of the Presidency of the Republic (SEPPIR), on 21 March 2003, during the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a secretariat linked to the Presidency and with cabinet-level. The first chief minister was Matilde Ribeiro, social worker and university professor.

List of ministers

Parties

No. Portrait Minister Took office Left office Time in office Party President
1
Matilde Ribeiro
Matilde Ribeiro
(born 1960)		21 March 2003 (2003-03-21)6 February 2008 (2008-02-06)4 years, 322 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2
Edson Santos
Edson Santos
(born 1954)		20 February 2008 (2008-02-20)31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)2 years, 39 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3
Eloi Ferreira
Eloi Ferreira
(born 1959)		31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)276 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
4
Luiza Bairros
Luiza Bairros
(1953–2016)		1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)4 years, 0 days IndependentDilma Rousseff (PT)
5
Nilma Lino Gomes
Nilma Lino Gomes
(born 1961)		1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)274 days IndependentDilma Rousseff (PT)
6
Anielle Franco
Anielle Franco
(born 1984)		1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)Incumbent1 year, 111 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

Organizational structure

Ministries Esplanade reflected on the Nation Congress pool in Brasília.

Due to the long period it was a child agency in another department, the Ministry of Racial Equality is under a process of redeployment and should follow the organizational structure of the other Brazilian ministries that are composed by the following units and organs:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Decreto de 1° de janeiro de 2023". Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Quem é quem: os 37 ministros empossados por Lula". G1 (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

External links

Cabinet of Brazil
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