Ministry of Racial Equality (Brazil)

Ministry of Racial Equality
Portuguese: Ministério da Igualdade Racial
Agency overview
Formed	21 March 2003; 21 years ago
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco F; Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$91.8 m BRL (2023)
Agency executives	Anielle Franco, Minister; Roberta Eugênio, Executive-Secretary; Iêda Leal de Souza, Secretary of Management of the National System of Promotion of Racial Equality; Ronaldo dos Santos, Secretary of Policies for Quilombolas, Traditional People and Communities of African Origin, Terreiro People and Gypsies; Márcia Regina de Lima, Secretary of Policies and Affirmative Actions, Fight and Overcoming Racism;
Website	www.gov.br/igualdaderacial/

Ministry of Racial Equality (Portuguese: Ministério da Igualdade Racial) of Brazil is a department of the direct public administration of the Federal Government responsible to plan, coordinate and execute public politics of promotion of racial equality and fight against racism on a national level. The incumbent minister of state who heads the ministry is Anielle Franco.^[2]^[3]

History

It was created under the name of Special Secretariat of Politics of Promotion of Racial Equality of the Presidency of the Republic (SEPPIR), on 21 March 2003, during the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a secretariat linked to the Presidency and with cabinet-level. The first chief minister was Matilde Ribeiro, social worker and university professor.

List of ministers

Parties

No.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office		President
1	Matilde Ribeiro (born 1960)	21 March 2003 (2003-03-21)	6 February 2008 (2008-02-06)	4 years, 322 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2	Edson Santos (born 1954)	20 February 2008 (2008-02-20)	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)	2 years, 39 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3	Eloi Ferreira (born 1959)	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	276 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
4	Luiza Bairros (1953–2016)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	4 years, 0 days	Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
5	Nilma Lino Gomes (born 1961)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	274 days	Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
6	Anielle Franco (born 1984)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	1 year, 354 days	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

Organizational structure

Ministries Esplanade reflected on the Nation Congress pool in Brasília.

Due to the long period it was a child agency in another department, the Ministry of Racial Equality is under a process of redeployment and should follow the organizational structure of the other Brazilian ministries that are composed by the following units and organs:

Direct and immediate assistance organs: Minister Cabinet; Executive Secretariat; Special Advisory of Internal Control (AECI); Juridical Consultancy (CONJUR).
Singular specific organs: thematic secretariats that are part of the second-tier of the federal government (these are subdivided in specialized department that form the third-tier).

References

^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ "Decreto de 1° de janeiro de 2023". Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "Quem é quem: os 37 ministros empossados por Lula". G1 (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)

[1] "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

[2] "Decreto de 1° de janeiro de 2023". Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[3] "Quem é quem: os 37 ministros empossados por Lula". G1 (in Portuguese). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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