Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (Brazil)

Not to be confused with Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade or Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil).

The Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger (MSD)^[2] (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social, Assistência, Família e Combate à Fome, MDS) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.

Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger

Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social, Família e Combate à Fome
Agency overview
Formed	23 January 2004; 21 years ago (2004-01-23)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$276 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Wellington Dias, Minister Osmar de Almeida Júnior, Executive-Secretary Valéria Burity, Secretary of Fight Against Poverty and Hunger Letícia Bartholo, Secretary of Evaluation, Information Management and CadÚnico Eliane Custodio, Secretary of Basic Income Lilian Rahal, Secretary of Food and Nutritional Security Luiz Carlos Everton, Secretary of Socioeconomic Inclusion Laís Wendel Abramo, Secretary of Aid Policy and Family André Quintão, Secretary of Social Assistance
Website	www.gov.br/mds/

History

The ministry was established in 2004 from the merger of the Special Ministry of Food and Nutritional Security, the Ministry of Social Assistance, and the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-ministerial Manager Council of Bolsa Família. It administers Bolsa Família, the National Social Assistance Fund (SANF), Industry Social Service (SESI), Commerce Social Service (SESC), and Transport Social Service (SEST).^[2]

Under the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, the ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Citizenship, together with the Ministry of Sports and Ministry of Culture.

List of ministers

Below is a list of ministers of social development and fight against hunger.

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		Patrus Ananias (born 1952)	23 January 2004 (2004-01-23)	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)	6 years, 67 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2		Márcia Lopes (born 1957)	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	276 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3		Tereza Campello (born 1962)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	5 years, 132 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
4		Osmar Terra (born 1950)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	1 year, 329 days		MDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
5		Alberto Beltrame	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	270 days		MDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
6		Wellington Dias (born 1962)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 140 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)