Cabinet of Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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After the 1994 election, Fernando Henrique Cardoso became 35th President of Brazil and the second president elected by direct popular vote after the redemocratization. His government was marked by economic stabilization after the consolidation of Plano Real, which he was part of.[1][2] A second cabinet was formed after the 1998 election, the first when an incumbent president could run for a second consecutive term.[3]
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief of Staff | Clóvis Carvalho | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | PSDB | |
| 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2003 | PSDB | |||
| Secretary-General of the Presidency | Eduardo Jorge Pereira | 1 January 1995 | 15 April 1998 | PSDB | |
Eduardo Graeff | 15 April 1998 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | ||
| 3 August 1999 | 14 November 2001 | PSDB | |||
| 14 November 2001 | 3 April 2002 | PSDB | |||
| 3 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | PSDB | |||
| Secretary of Human Rights | José Gregori | 17 April 1997 | 26 June 2000 | PSDB | |
Gilberto Vergne Saboia | 26 June 2000 | 2001 | Independent | ||
| 2001 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |||
| Secretary of Institutional Security | Alberto Mendes Cardoso | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |
| Secretary of Social Communication | 1 January 1995 | 17 May 1999 | Independent | ||
| 17 May 1999 | 10 December 2001 | PSDB | |||
João Vieira da Costa | 10 December 2001 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Aeronautics | Lt. Brig. Mauro Miranda Gandra | 1 January 1995 | 20 November 1995 | Independent | |
Lt. Brig. Lélio Viana Lobo | 20 November 1995 | 4 January 1999 | Independent | ||
Lt. Brig. Walter Werner Bräuer | 4 January 1999 | 10 June 1999 | Independent | ||
| Attorney General | 5 July 1993 | 24 January 2000 | Independent | ||
Walter do Carmo Barletta | 24 January 2000 | 31 January 2000 | Independent | ||
| 31 January 2000 | 20 June 2002 | Independent | |||
José Bonifácio de Andrada | 20 June 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Inspector General | Anadyr de Mendonça Rodrigues | 3 April 2001 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |
| Minister of Agrarian Development | 30 April 1996 | 4 April 2002 | PPS | ||
José Abrão | 4 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | PSDB | ||
| Minister of Agriculture and Supply | José de Andrade Vieira | 1 January 1995 | 2 May 1996 | PTB | |
Arlindo Porto | 2 May 1996 | 4 April 1998 | PTB | ||
Francisco Turra | 7 April 1998 | 19 July 1999 | PP | ||
Pratini de Moraes | 19 July 1999 | 1 January 2003 | PP | ||
| Minister of the Army | Gen. Zenildo Gonzaga Zoroastro de Lucena | 2 October 1992 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | |
Gleuber Vieira | 1 January 1999 | 10 June 1999 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Communications | Sérgio Motta | 1 January 1995 | 19 April 1998 | PSDB | |
Luiz Mendonça de Barros | 30 April 1998 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | ||
| 1 January 1999 | 2 April 2002 | PSDB | |||
Juarez Quadros | 2 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Culture | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Defence | 10 June 1999 | 24 January 2000 | PFL | ||
| 24 January 2000 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |||
| Minister of Development, Industry and Trade | Dorothea Werneck | 1 January 1995 | 30 April 1996 | Independent | |
| 6 May 1996 | 30 March 1998 | PP | |||
José Botafogo Gonçalves | 30 March 1998 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | ||
| 1 January 1999 | 18 July 1999 | Independent | |||
Clóvis Carvalho | 18 July 1999 | 8 September 1999 | PSDB | ||
Alcides Lopes Tápias | 14 September 1999 | 31 July 2001 | Independent | ||
| 31 July 2001 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |||
| Minister of Education | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 | PSDB | ||
| Minister of Environment | Gustavo Krause | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | PFL | |
| 1 January 1999 | 5 March 2002 | PFL | |||
José Carlos Carvalho | 5 March 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Finance | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | 1 January 1995 | 12 January 2001 | Independent | ||
Luiz de Seixas Corrêa | 12 January 2001 | 29 January 2001 | Independent | ||
| 29 January 2001 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |||
| Minister of Health | 1 January 1995 | 6 November 1996 | Independent | ||
José Carlos Seixas | 6 November 1996 | 13 December 1996 | Independent | ||
Carlos Albuquerque | 13 December 1996 | 31 March 1998 | PSDB | ||
| 31 March 1998 | 20 February 2002 | PSDB | |||
Barjas Negri | 20 February 2002 | 1 January 2003 | PSDB | ||
| Minister of Justice | 1 January 1995 | 8 April 1997 | MDB | ||
Milton Seligman | 8 April 1997 | 22 May 1997 | MDB | ||
| 22 May 1997 | 1 April 1998 | MDB | |||
| 1 April 1998 | 7 April 1998 | Independent | |||
| 7 April 1998 | 19 July 1999 | MDB | |||
José Carlos Dias | 19 July 1999 | 14 April 2000 | Independent | ||
José Gregori | 14 April 2000 | 14 November 2001 | MDB | ||
| 14 November 2001 | 3 April 2002 | PSDB | |||
| 3 April 2002 | 10 July 2002 | PSDB | |||
Paulo de Tarso Ribeiro | 10 July 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Labour and Employment | Paulo de Tarso Paiva | 1 January 1995 | 30 March 1998 | Independent | |
| 30 March 1998 | 6 April 1998 | PSDB | |||
Edward Swaelen | 6 April 1998 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | ||
| 1 January 1999 | 8 April 2002 | PP | |||
Paulo Jobim Filho | 8 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Mines and Energy | Raimundo Mendes de Brito | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | |
Rodolpho Tourinho Neto | 1 January 1999 | 22 February 2001 | PFL | ||
Hélio Ramos Filho | 22 February 2001 | 13 March 2001 | Independent | ||
José Jorge | 13 March 2001 | 8 March 2002 | PFL | ||
| 8 March 2002 | 3 April 2002 | PSDB | |||
| 3 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |||
| Minister of National Integration | Fernando Bezerra | 19 July 1999 | 20 June 2001 | PTB | |
| 20 June 2001 | 15 September 2001 | MDB | |||
Ney Suassuna | 15 September 2001 | 5 April 2002 | MDB | ||
Luciano Barbosa | 5 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | MDB | ||
| Minister of the Navy | Adm. Mauro César Rodrigues Pereira | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | |
Adm. Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | 1 January 1999 | 10 June 1999 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Planning, Budget and Management | 1 January 1995 | 30 April 1996 | PSDB | ||
Antônio Kandir | 4 June 1996 | 30 March 1998 | PSDB | ||
Paulo Almeida Paiva | 30 March 1998 | 30 March 1999 | Independent | ||
| 30 March 1999 | 18 July 1999 | PSDB | |||
Martus Tavares | 18 July 1999 | 3 April 2002 | Independent | ||
Guilherme Gomes Dias | 3 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Science and Technology | José Israel Vargas | 27 October 1992 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | |
| 1 January 1999 | 21 July 1999 | Independent | |||
| 21 July 1999 | 1 January 2003 | PSDB | |||
| Minister of Social Security | 1 January 1995 | 3 April 1998 | MDB | ||
Waldeck Ornelas | 7 April 1998 | 24 February 2001 | PFL | ||
Roberto Brandt | 13 March 2001 | 8 March 2002 | PFL | ||
José Cechin | 8 March 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Sports | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | Independent | ||
| 1 January 1999 | 5 May 2000 | PFL | |||
Carlos Melles | 9 May 2000 | 8 March 2002 | PFL | ||
Caio Cibella de Carvalho | 8 March 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Minister of Transport | Odacir Klein | 1 January 1995 | 15 August 1996 | MDB | |
Alcides Saldanha | 15 August 1996 | 21 May 1997 | MDB | ||
| 21 May 1997 | 14 November 2001 | MDB | |||
Alderico Lima | 14 November 2001 | 2 April 2002 | Independent | ||
João de Almeida Sousa | 2 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | MDB | ||
Non-cabinet positions
[edit]| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Central Bank of Brazil | 1 January 1995 | 11 January 1995 | PSDB | ||
| 11 January 1995 | 13 June 1995 | Independent | |||
Gustavo Loyola | 13 June 1995 | 20 August 1997 | Independent | ||
| 20 August 1997 | 4 March 1999 | PSDB | |||
Armínio Fraga | 4 March 1999 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Chairman of the Brazilian Development Bank | January 1995 | November 1995 | Independent | ||
Luiz Carlos Mendonça de Barros | November 1995 | April 1998 | Independent | ||
André Lara Resende | April 1998 | November 1998 | Independent | ||
José Borges de Castro Filho | November 1998 | July 1999 | Independent | ||
Andrea Sandro Calabi | July 1999 | February 2000 | Independent | ||
Francisco Gros | February 2000 | January 2002 | Independent | ||
Eleazar de Carvalho Filho | January 2002 | January 2003 | Independent | ||
| CEO of Petrobras | Joel Mendes Renní | 18 November 1992 | 8 March 1999 | Independent | |
José Coutinho Barbosa | 8 March 1999 | 24 March 1999 | Independent | ||
Henri Philippe Reichstul | 24 March 1999 | 21 December 2001 | Independent | ||
Francisco Gros | 2 January 2002 | 2 January 2003 | Independent | ||
| Commander of the Brazilian Army | Gen. Gleuber Vieira | 10 June 1999 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | |
| Commander of the Brazilian Navy | Adm. Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | 10 June 1999 | 3 January 2003 | Independent | |
| Commander of the Brazilian Air Force | Lt. Brig. Walter Werner Bräuer | 10 June 1999 | 21 December 1999 | Independent | |
Lt. Brig. Carlos de Almeida Baptista | 21 December 1999 | 1 January 2003 | Independent | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "FHC é o presidente mais votado desde 45". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 October 1994. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Cancian, Renato. "Governo Itamar Franco (1992-1994) - FHC inicia Plano Real". UOL Educação (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ de Toledo, José Roberto (1 November 1998). "FHC venceu em 87% dos municípios". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.