Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública), previously known as Ministry of Justice (Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça) and Ministry of Justice and Citizenship (Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça e Cidadania), is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current minister is Ricardo Lewandowski.^[2]

Ministry of Justice and Public Security

Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública
Palace of Justice
Agency overview
Formed	3 July 1822; 202 years ago (1822-07-03)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco T Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$19.41 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Ricardo Lewandowski, Minister Manoel de Almeida Neto, Executive-Secretary Jean Keiji Uema, Secretary of Justice Wadih Damous, Secretary of Consumer Marta Rodriguez Machado, Secretary of Drug Policy and Asset Management Mario Sarrubbo, Secretary of Public Security André Garcia, Secretary of Penal Policy Sheila Santana de Carvalho, Secretary of Access to Justice Lilian Cintra de Melo, Secretary of Digital Rights
Website	www.gov.br/mj/

Building logo.

Divisions and programs

• The Brazilian National Archives.
• The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which regulates economic power and its abuse.
• The Brazilian advisory rating system (ClassInd), which establishes the ratings for movies, TV shows, and video games within Brazil.
• The Federal Police of Brazil, which provides law enforcement of federal laws, acting as a Federal Judicial Police. It has juristicion in interstate and/or international cases, acting in cooperation with a US federal law enforcement agency, for example: the FBI and the DEA.
• The Federal Highway Police (DPRF), which provides the law enforcement of the federal highways.
• The Federal Railroad Police (PFF), which provides the law enforcement of the federal railroads.
• The National Consumer Secretariat (Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor; SENACON), with the mission of protecting consumer rights and promoting consumer relations^[3]

See also

• List of ministers of justice of Brazil
• Attorney General of Brazil
• Justice ministry
• Politics of Brazil
• Prosecutor General of Brazil
• Public Prosecutor's Office of Brazil
• FUNAI
• Other ministries of justice