Cabinet of Brazil

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The Cabinet of Brazil (Portuguese: Gabinete Ministerial do Brasil) 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-four Ministries of State and fourteen other cabinet-level offices.

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[edit] Responsibilities

Ministers assist the President in the exercise of the executive power. Each minister is responsible for the general administration of a government portfolio, and heads a corresponding government ministry. Ministers prepare standards, monitor and evaluate federal programs, formulate and implement policies for the sectors they represent. They are responsible also to establish strategies, policies and priorities in the application of public resources. The most important minister is the Chief of Staff, while other high profile ministers include Finance, Justice, External Relations and Defense.

[edit] Current Cabinet

The current cabinet features a record number of female ministers (10, making up 26% of the cabinet), signaling President Dilma Rousseff's wish to stimulate the presence of women in key sectors of her government. The cabinet consists of the following members:

Initial members of Cabinet of Brazil.
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Cabinet of Brazil
Office Name Political party
Presidency Dilma Rousseff PT
Vice Presidency Michel Temer PMDB
Chief of Staff Gleisi Hoffmann PT
Ministry of Agrarian Development Afonso Florence PT
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply Mendes Ribeiro PMDB
Ministry of Cities Mário Negromonte PP
Ministry of Communications Paulo Bernardo PT
Ministry of Culture Ana de Hollanda
Ministry of Defense Celso Amorim PT
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade Fernando Pimentel PT
Ministry of Education Aloizio Mercadante PT
Ministry of the Environment Izabella Teixeira
Ministry of Finance Guido Mantega PT
Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture Luiz Sérgio PT
Ministry of External Relations Antonio Patriota
Ministry of Health Alexandre Padilha PT
Ministry of Justice José Eduardo Cardozo PT
Ministry of Labor and Employment Paulo Roberto Pinto PDT
Ministry of Mines and Energy Edson Lobão PMDB
Ministry of National Integration Fernando Bezerra Coelho PSB
Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management Miriam Belchior PT
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Marco Antônio Raupp
Ministry of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation Tereza Campelo PT
Ministry of Social Security Garibaldi Alves Filho PMDB
Ministry of Sports Aldo Rebelo PCdoB
Ministry of Tourism Gastão Vieira PMDB
Ministry of Transportation Paulo Sérgio Passos PR
Secretariats and Offices with the status of Ministry
Central Bank Alexandre Tombini
Inspectorate-General Jorge Hage
Office of Institutional Security Army Gen. José Elito Carvalho Siqueira
Office of the Solicitor-General Luís Inácio Lucena Adams
Secretariat-General of the Presidency of the Republic Gilberto Carvalho PT
Secretariat of Civil Aviation Wagner Bittencourt
Secretariat of Institutional Relations Ideli Salvatti PT
Secretariat for Social Communication Helena Chagas
Secretariat of Strategic Affairs Moreira Franco PMDB
Special Secretariat for Human Rights Maria do Rosário PT
Special Secretariat for Promotion of Racial Equality Luiza Bairros
Special Secretariat of Ports Leônidas Cristiano PSB
Special Secretariat for Women's Rights Iriny Lopes PT

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