Ministry of Cities

The Ministry of Cities (Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, created on January 1, 2003.^[2]

Ministry of Cities

Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2003; 22 years ago (2003-01-01)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$20.39 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Jader Barbalho Filho, Minister Sérgio Duarte, Executive-Secretary Carlos Tome Junior, Secretary of Urban and Metropolitan Development Hailton Madureira, Secretary of Housing Denis Andia, Secretary of Urban Mobility Leonardo Picciani, Secretary of Environmental Sanitation Guilherme Simões Pereira, Secretary of Suburbs
Website	www.gov.br/cidades/

History

The ministry was created on January 1, 2003, at the start of the first presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). According to The Guardian, "the ministry was set up to tackle the urban chaos of Brazil’s traffic-clogged megacities."^[2]

The post was maintained under the subsequent presidencies of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer. When Jair Bolsonaro became president on 1 January 2019, he merged the position with the Ministry of National Integration to form the Ministry of Regional Development, under minister Gustavo Canuto.

When Lula became president for the second time, he re-established the ministry on January 1, 2023. Jader Barbalho Filho was appointed Minister of Cities, who pledged to rebuild the Minha Casa, Minha Vida [pt] public housing program.^[3]

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		Olívio Dutra (born 1941)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	20 July 2005 (2005-07-20)	2 years, 200 days		PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2		Márcio Fortes de Almeida (born 1941)	20 July 2005 (2005-07-20)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	5 years, 165 days		Independent	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3		Mário Negromonte (born 1950)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	2 February 2012 (2012-02-02)	1 year, 32 days		PP	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
4		Aguinaldo Ribeiro (born 1969)	7 February 2012 (2012-02-07)	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)	2 years, 38 days		PP	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
5		Gilberto Occhi (born 1958)	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	290 days		PP	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
6		Gilberto Kassab (born 1960)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)	1 year, 105 days		PSD	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
7		Inês da Silva Magalhães (born 1963)	15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	27 days		Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
8		Bruno Araújo (born 1972)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	13 November 2017 (2017-11-13)	1 year, 185 days		PSDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
9		Alexandre Baldy (born 1980)	22 November 2017 (2017-11-22)	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	1 year, 40 days		PP	Michel Temer (MDB)
-		Merged into the Ministry of Regional Development	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	4 years, 0 days		N/A	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
10		Jader Barbalho Filho (born 1976)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 223 days		MDB	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)