Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil)

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar, abbreviated MDA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.

Not to be confused with the similarly-named Ministries of Development and Social Development.

Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture

Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar
Ministry overview
Formed	24 August 1982; 43 years ago (1982-08-24)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco C Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$4.98 b BRL (2023)[1]
Ministry executives	Paulo Teixeira, Minister Fernanda Machiaveli, Executive-Secretary Patrícia Vasconcelos, Secretary of Familiary Agriculture and Agroecology Milton Fornazieri, Secretary of Supply, Cooperativism and Food Sovereignty Moisés Savian, Secretary of Land Governance, Territorial and Socio-environmental Development Edmilton Cerqueira, Secretary of Quilombolas and Traditional Territories and Productive Systems
Website	www.gov.br/mda/

The MDA was established in 1999 to oversee land reform in Brazil and promote sustainable practices. The agency oversees the Center for Agrarian Studies and Rural Development (NEAD) and the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra).^[2]

After taking office as Acting President, Michel Temer merged the ministry with the Ministry of Social Development. It was later reestablished by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. The incumbent minister is Paulo Teixeira.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		Danilo Venturini (1922–2015)	24 August 1982 (1982-08-24)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	2 years, 203 days		Independent	João Figueiredo (PDS)
2		Nelson de Figueredo Ribeiro (born 1930)	30 April 1985 (1985-04-30)	28 May 1986 (1986-05-28)	1 year, 28 days		Independent	José Sarney (MDB)
3		Dante de Oliveira (1952–2006)	28 May 1986 (1986-05-28)	2 June 1987 (1987-06-02)	1 year, 5 days		MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
4		Marcos Freire (1931–1987)	4 June 1987 (1987-06-04)	8 September 1987 (1987-09-08)	96 days		MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
5		Jader Barbalho (born 1944)	22 September 1987 (1987-09-22)	29 July 1988 (1988-07-29)	311 days		MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
–		Leopoldo Bessone (1942–2013) Acting	17 August 1988 (1988-08-17)	15 February 1989 (1989-02-15)	182 days		MDB	José Sarney (MDB)
6		Raul Jungmann (born 1952)	30 April 1996 (1996-04-30)	4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)	5 years, 339 days		PPS	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
7		José Abrão (born 1945)	4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	272 days		PSDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
8		Miguel Rossetto (born 1960)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	3 years, 89 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
9		Guilherme Cassel (born 1956)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	4 years, 276 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
10		Afonso Florence (born 1960)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	14 March 2012 (2012-03-14)	1 year, 73 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
11		Pepe Vargas (born 1958)	14 March 2012 (2012-03-14)	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)	2 years, 3 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
12		Miguel Rossetto (born 1960)	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)	8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)	175 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
–		Laudemir André Müller (born 1975) Acting	8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	115 days		Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
13		Patrus Ananias (born 1952)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	14 April 2016 (2016-04-14)	1 year, 104 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
–		Maria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (born 1961) Acting	14 April 2016 (2016-04-14)	19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)	5 days		Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
14		Patrus Ananias (born 1952)	19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	23 days		PT	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
15		Paulo Teixeira (born 1961)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 303 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

See also

• Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture
• Ministry of Agriculture (Brazil)