Ministry of Labour and Employment (Brazil)

Ministry of Labour and Employment
Portuguese: Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego
Agency overview
Formed	2 May 1974; 49 years ago
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco F; Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$96.32 b BRL (2023)
Agency executives	Luiz Marinho, Minister; Francisco Macena da Silva, Executive-Secretary; Luiz Brandão de Mello, Secretary of Labour Inspection; Carlos Gonçalves Junior, Secretary of Labour Protection; Marcos Perioto, Secretary of Labour Affairs; Magno Lavine, Secretary of Qualification and Promotion of Employment and Income Generation; Gilberto Carvalho, Secretary of Popular and Solidarity Economy;
Website	www.gov.br/trabalho-e-emprego/

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (Portuguese: Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, abbreviated MTE) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current Minister of Labour is Luiz Marinho.

List of ministers[edit]

No.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office		President
1	Lindolfo Collor (1890–1942)	26 November 1930 (1930-11-26)	4 April 1932 (1932-04-04)	1 year, 130 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
2	Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (1888–1950)	4 April 1932 (1932-04-04)	25 July 1934 (1934-07-25)	2 years, 112 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
3	Agamenon Magalhães (1893–1952)	25 July 1934 (1934-07-25)	25 November 1937 (1937-11-25)	3 years, 123 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
4	Waldemar Falcão (1895–1946)	25 November 1937 (1937-11-25)	13 June 1941 (1941-06-13)	3 years, 200 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
5	Dulfe Pinheiro Machado (1885–1972)	13 June 1941 (1941-06-13)	29 December 1941 (1941-12-29)	199 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
6	Marcondes Filho (1892–1974)	29 December 1941 (1941-12-29)	29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)	3 years, 304 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
7	Carneiro de Mendonça (1894–1946)	29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)	31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)	94 days	Independent	José Linhares (Ind)
8	Octacílio Negrão de Lima (1897–1960)	31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)	30 October 1946 (1946-10-30)	272 days	Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
9	Morvan Dias de Figueiredo (1890–1950)	30 October 1946 (1946-10-30)	30 September 1948 (1948-09-30)	1 year, 336 days	Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
10	João Otaviano de Lima Pereira (1887–?)	30 September 1948 (1948-09-30)	22 October 1948 (1948-10-22)	22 days	Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
11	Honório Fernandes Monteiro (1894–1968)	22 October 1948 (1948-10-22)	29 June 1950 (1950-06-29)	1 year, 250 days	PSD	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
12	Marcial Dias Pequeno (1908–1991)	29 June 1950 (1950-06-29)	31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)	216 days	Independent	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
13	Danton Coelho (1906–1961)	31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)	5 September 1951 (1951-09-05)	217 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
14	José de Segadas Viana (1906–1991)	5 September 1951 (1951-09-05)	17 June 1953 (1953-06-17)	1 year, 285 days	PTB	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
15	João Goulart (1919–1976)	18 June 1953 (1953-06-18)	23 February 1954 (1954-02-23)	250 days	PTB	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
16	Hugo de Araújo Faria (1915–1987)	24 February 1954 (1954-02-24)	24 August 1954 (1954-08-24)	181 days	Independent	Getúlio Vargas (PTB)
17	Napoleão de Alencastro Guimarães (1899–1964)	24 August 1954 (1954-08-24)	11 November 1955 (1955-11-11)	1 year, 79 days	PSD	Café Filho (PSP) Carlos Luz (PSD)
18	Nélson Omegna (1903–1987)	11 November 1955 (1955-11-11)	31 January 1956 (1956-01-31)	81 days	Independent	Nereu Ramos (PSD)
19	Parsifal Barroso (1913–1986)	31 January 1956 (1956-01-31)	30 June 1958 (1958-06-30)	2 years, 150 days	PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
20	Mário Meneghetti (1905–1969)	30 June 1958 (1958-06-30)	17 July 1958 (1958-07-17)	17 days	PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
21	Fernando Nóbrega (1904–1993)	17 July 1958 (1958-07-17)	17 April 1960 (1960-04-17)	1 year, 275 days	PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
22	João Batista Ramos (1910–2002)	19 April 1960 (1960-04-19)	7 November 1960 (1960-11-07)	202 days	PTB	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
23	Alírio Sales Coelho (1904–1975)	7 November 1960 (1960-11-07)	31 January 1961 (1961-01-31)	85 days	PSD	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
24	Francisco Carlos Castro Neves (1914–1974)	31 January 1961 (1961-01-31)	25 August 1961 (1961-08-25)	206 days	Independent	Jânio Quadros (PTN)
25	José de Segadas Viana (1906–1991)	28 August 1961 (1961-08-28)	8 September 1961 (1961-09-08)	11 days	PTB	Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD)

No.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office		Prime Minister
26	Franco Montoro (1916–1999)	8 September 1961 (1961-09-08)	12 July 1962 (1962-07-12)	307 days	PDC	Tancredo Neves (PSD)
27	Hermes Lima (1902–1978)	12 July 1962 (1962-07-12)	31 August 1962 (1962-08-31)	50 days	PTB	Brochado da Rocha (PSD)
28	Benjamin Eurico Cruz (1915–1992)	31 August 1962 (1962-08-31)	24 January 1963 (1963-01-24)	146 days	Independent	Brochado da Rocha (PSD) Hermes Lima (PTB)

No.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office		President
29	Almino Monteiro Álvares Afonso (born 1929)	24 January 1963 (1963-01-24)	18 June 1963 (1963-06-18)	145 days	PTB	João Goulart (PTB)
30	Amaury de Oliveira e Silva (1924–2002)	18 June 1963 (1963-06-18)	31 March 1964 (1964-03-31)	287 days	Independent	João Goulart (PTB)
31	Arnaldo Lopes Süssekind (1917–2012)	4 April 1964 (1964-04-04)	7 December 1965 (1965-12-07)	1 year, 247 days	Independent	Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD) Castelo Branco (Military dictatorship)
32	Walter Peracchi Barcelos (1907–1986)	7 December 1965 (1965-12-07)	18 July 1966 (1966-07-18)	223 days	ARENA	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
33	Paulo Egydio Martins (1928–2021)	18 July 1966 (1966-07-18)	1 August 1966 (1966-08-01)	14 days	ARENA	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
34	Luís Gonzaga do Nascimento e Silva (1915–2003)	1 August 1966 (1966-08-01)	15 March 1967 (1967-03-15)	226 days	Independent	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
35	Jarbas Passarinho (1920–2016)	15 March 1967 (1967-03-15)	30 October 1969 (1969-10-30)	2 years, 229 days	ARENA	Costa e Silva (ARENA) Military Junta of 1969 (Military junta)
36	Júlio Barata (1905–1991)	30 October 1969 (1969-10-30)	15 March 1974 (1974-03-15)	4 years, 136 days	Independent	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA)
37	Arnaldo da Costa Prieto (1930–2012)	2 May 1974 (1974-05-02)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	4 years, 317 days	ARENA	Ernesto Geisel (ARENA)
38	Murilo Macedo (1923–2003)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	6 years, 0 days	PDS	João Figueiredo (PDS)
39	Almir Pazzianotto (born 1936)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)	3 years, 196 days	MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
40	Erós Antônio de Almeida (born 1941)	27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)	28 October 1988 (1988-10-28)	31 days	Independent	José Sarney (MDB)
41	Ronaldo Costa Couto (born 1942)	28 October 1988 (1988-10-28)	13 January 1989 (1989-01-13)	77 days	MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
42	Dorothea Werneck (born 1948)	13 January 1989 (1989-01-13)	15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)	1 year, 61 days	Independent	José Sarney (MDB)
43	Antônio Rogério Magri (born 1940)	15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)	20 January 1992 (1992-01-20)	1 year, 311 days	PTB	Fernando Collor (PRN)
44	Reinhold Stephanes (born 1939)	20 January 1992 (1992-01-20)	13 April 1992 (1992-04-13)	84 days	PFL	Fernando Collor (PRN)
45	João Mellão Neto (1955–2020)	13 April 1992 (1992-04-13)	4 October 1992 (1992-10-04)	174 days	PFL	Fernando Collor (PRN)
46	Walter Barelli (1938–2019)	4 October 1992 (1992-10-04)	4 May 1994 (1994-05-04)	1 year, 212 days	PSDB	Itamar Franco (MDB)
47	Marcelo Pimentel (1925–2018)	4 May 1994 (1994-05-04)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	242 days	Independent	Itamar Franco (MDB)
48	Paulo de Tarso Almeida Paiva (born 1940)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	30 March 1998 (1998-03-30)	3 years, 88 days	Independent	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
–	Antonio Anastasia (born 1961) Acting	30 March 1998 (1998-03-30)	6 April 1998 (1998-04-06)	7 days	PSDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
49	Edward Swaelen (born 1956)	6 April 1998 (1998-04-06)	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)	270 days	Independent	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
50	Francisco Dornelles (1935–2023)	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)	8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)	3 years, 97 days	PP	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
51	Paulo Jobim Filho (born 1952)	8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	268 days	Independent	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
52	Jaques Wagner (born 1951)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)	1 year, 22 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
53	Ricardo Berzoini (born 1960)	23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)	12 July 2005 (2005-07-12)	1 year, 170 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
54	Luiz Marinho (born 1959)	12 July 2005 (2005-07-12)	29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)	1 year, 260 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
55	Carlos Lupi (born 1957)	29 March 2007 (2007-03-29)	5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)	4 years, 251 days	PDT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT)
–	Paulo Roberto dos Santos Pinto (born 1972) Acting	5 December 2011 (2011-12-05)	3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)	150 days	Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
56	Brizola Neto (born 1978)	3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	316 days	PDT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
57	Manoel Dias (born 1938)	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	2 years, 201 days	PDT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
58	Miguel Ressetto (born 1960)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	223 days	PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
59	Ronaldo Nogueira (born 1966)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)	1 year, 229 days	PTB	Michel Temer (MDB)
–	Vacant Acting	27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	104 days	Vacant	Michel Temer (MDB)
60	Helton Yomura (born 1984)	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)	86 days	PTB	Michel Temer (MDB)
–	Eliseu Padilha (1945–2023) Acting	5 July 2018 (2018-07-05)	9 July 2018 (2018-07-09)	4 days	MDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
61	Caio Vieira de Mello (born 1949)	9 July 2018 (2018-07-09)	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	176 days	Independent	Michel Temer (MDB)
62	Onyx Lorenzoni (born 1954)	28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	246 days	DEM	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
63	José Carlos Oliveira (born 1965)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	276 days	Independent	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
64	Luiz Marinho (born 1959)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	1 year, 109 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

References[edit]

^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Portuguese)

[1] "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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