Ministry of Integration and Regional Development

The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (Portuguese: Ministério da Integração e Desenvolvimento Regional, abbreviated MIDR) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, established in 1999. On 1 January 2019 the Ministry of National Integration and the Ministry of Cities were merged and transformed into the Ministry of Regional Development. It was recreated on 1 January 2023.^[2]

Ministry of Integration and Regional Development

Portuguese: Ministério da Integração e Desenvolvimento Regional
Agency overview
Formed	19 July 1999; 25 years ago (1999-07-19)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco E Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$11.46 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Waldez Góes, Minister Valder Ribeiro, Executive-Secretary Adriana Melo, Secretary of Regional and Territorial Development Policies Wolnei Wolff, Secretary of Protection and Civil Defense Giuseppe Seca Vieira, Secretary of Water Security Eduardo Tavares, Secretary of Funds and Financial Resources
Website	www.gov.br/mdr/

Responsibilities

The ministry oversees following responsibilities:^[3]

• Formulate and conduct the integrated national development policy
• Formulate regional development plans and programs
• Establish integration strategies for regional economies
• Establish guidelines and priorities in the application of resources from financing programs referred to in the Federal Constitution
• Establish guidelines and priorities in the application of resources from the Amazon Development Fund and the Northeast Development Fund
• Establish norms for compliance with the financing programs of constitutional funds and the budgetary schedules of regional investment funds
• Monitor and evaluate integrated national development programs
• Civil defense
• Works against droughts and water infrastructure
• Formulate and conduct the national irrigation policy
• Public works in border strips

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		Fernando Bezerra (born 1941)	19 July 1999 (1999-07-19)	20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	1 year, 336 days		PTB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
2		Ramez Tebet (1936–2006)	20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	15 September 2001 (2001-09-15)	87 days		MDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
3		Ney Suassuna (born 1941)	15 September 2001 (2001-09-15)	5 April 2002 (2002-04-05)	202 days		MDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
4		Luciano Barbosa (born 1958)	5 April 2002 (2002-04-05)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	271 days		MDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
5		Ciro Gomes (born 1957)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	3 years, 89 days		PPS	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
6		Pedro Brito (born 1943)	3 April 2006 (2006-04-03)	16 March 2007 (2007-03-16)	347 days		PSB	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
7		Geddel Vieira Lima (born 1959)	16 March 2007 (2007-03-16)	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)	3 years, 15 days		MDB	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
8		João Santana (born 1944)	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	276 days		MDB	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
9		Fernando Bezerra Coelho (born 1957)	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)	1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)	2 years, 273 days		PSB	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
10		Francisco Teixeira (born 1960)	1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	1 year, 92 days		Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
11		Gilberto Occhi (born 1958)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)	1 year, 103 days		PP	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
12		Helder Barbalho (born 1979)	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	1 year, 329 days		MDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
13		Pádua Andrade (born 1966)	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	266 days		MDB	Michel Temer (MDB)
14		Waldez Góes (born 1961)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 166 days		PDT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)