Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (Brazil)

Not to be confused with Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade or Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil).
Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger
Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social, Família e Combate à Fome
Agency overview
Formed23 January 2004; 20 years ago (2004-01-23)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$276 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives
  • Wellington Dias, Minister
  • Osmar de Almeida Júnior, Executive-Secretary
  • Valéria Burity, Secretary of Fight Against Poverty and Hunger
  • Letícia Bartholo, Secretary of Evaluation, Information Management and CadÚnico
  • Eliane Custodio, Secretary of Basic Income
  • Lilian Rahal, Secretary of Food and Nutritional Security
  • Luiz Carlos Everton, Secretary of Socioeconomic Inclusion
  • Laís Wendel Abramo, Secretary of Aid Policy and Family
  • André Quintão, Secretary of Social Assistance
Websitewww.gov.br/mds/

The Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger (MSD)[2] (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social, Assistência, Família e Combate à Fome, MDS) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.

History

The ministry was established in 2004 from the merger of the Special Ministry of Food and Nutritional Security, the Ministry of Social Assistance, and the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-ministerial Manager Council of Bolsa Família. It administers Bolsa Família, the National Social Assistance Fund (SANF), Industry Social Service (SESI), Commerce Social Service (SESC), and Transport Social Service (SEST).[2]

Under the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, the ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Citizenship, together with the Ministry of Sports and Ministry of Culture.

List of ministers

Below is a list of ministers of social development and fight against hunger.

No. Portrait Minister Took office Left office Time in office Party President
1
Patrus Ananias
Patrus Ananias
(born 1952)		23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)6 years, 67 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2
Márcia Lopes
Márcia Lopes
(born 1957)		31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)276 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3
Tereza Campello
Tereza Campello
(born 1962)		1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)5 years, 132 days PTDilma Rousseff (PT)
4
Osmar Terra
Osmar Terra
(born 1950)		12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)1 year, 329 days MDBMichel Temer (MDB)
5
Alberto Beltrame
Alberto Beltrame6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)270 days MDBMichel Temer (MDB)
6
Wellington Dias
Wellington Dias
(born 1962)		1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)Incumbent1 year, 32 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

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. ^ a b Federative Republic of Brazil. Ministry of Social Development. "Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MSD) Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 22 September 2013. (in English)

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