| Native name | Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 January 2003 (age 23) |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Brazil |
| Headquarters | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A Brasília, Federal District |
| Budget | $20.39 b BRL (2023)[1] |
| Chief1 name | Jader Barbalho Filho |
| Chief2 name | Sérgio Duarte |
| Chief3 name | Carlos Tome Junior |
| Chief4 name | Hailton Madureira |
| Chief5 name | Denis Andia |
| Chief6 name | Leonardo Picciani |
| Chief7 name | Guilherme Simões Pereira |
| Website | www.gov.br/cidades |
The Ministry of Cities (Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, created on January 1, 2003.[2]
History
The ministry was created on January 1, 2003, at the start of the first presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). According to The Guardian, "the ministry was set up to tackle the urban chaos of Brazil’s traffic-clogged megacities."[2]
The post was maintained under the subsequent presidencies of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer. When Jair Bolsonaro became president on 1 January 2019, he merged the position with the Ministry of National Integration to form the Ministry of Regional Development, under minister Gustavo Canuto.
When Lula became president for the second time, he re-established the ministry on January 1, 2023. Jader Barbalho Filho was appointed Minister of Cities, who pledged to rebuild the Minha Casa, Minha Vida public housing program.[3]
Structure
- National Secretariat for Urban and Metropolitan Development
- National Secretariat for Urban Mobility
- National Housing Secretariat
- National Secretariat for Environmental Sanitation
- National Secretariat of Peripheries
Collegiate bodies
- Council of Cities (ConCidades)
- Board of Trustees of the Social Development Fund
- Management Council of the National Social Housing Fund
- Interministerial Committee on Basic Sanitation
- Participation Committee of the Residential Leasing Fund
Linked agencies
- Brazilian Urban Train Company (CBTU)
- Porto Alegre Urban Train Company (Trensurb)
References
- ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Scruggs, Gregory (2019-07-18). "Ministry of cities RIP: the sad story of Brazil's great urban experiment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Governo Lula: acompanhe o segundo dia de posse dos ministros" (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)