Brazil

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The Cabinet of Brazil (Portuguese: Gabinete Ministerial do Brasil) is composed of the Ministers of State and senior advisors of the executive branch of the federal government of Brazil. Cabinet officers are appointed and dismissed by the President. There 24 Ministries of State, 8 departments with ministry 'status', and 6 agencies with ministry 'status'.

[edit] Current Cabinet

Meeting of the Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held in the Oval Room, Palácio do Planalto, 2007

The current cabinet consists of the following members:

Chief of Cabinet
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Vice-President	José Alencar
Ministries	Incumbent	Budget US$ (2009)[1][2]
Ministry of Defence	Nelson Jobim	26 billion
Ministry of Justice	Tarso Genro	4.5 billion
Ministry of External Relations	Celso Amorim	0.9 billion
Ministry of Finance	Guido Mantega	9 billion
Ministry of Transport	Alfredo Nascimento	7 billion
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Reinhold Stephanes	3.2 billion
Ministry of Education	Fernando Haddad	19.6 billion
Ministry of Culture	Juca Ferreira	0.6 billion
Ministry of Labour	Carlos Lupi	21 billion
Ministry of Social Security	José Barroso Pimentel	118.5 billion
Ministry of Health	José Gomes Temporão	28.8 billion
Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade	Miguel Jorge	0.8 billion
Ministry of Mines and Energy	Edison Lobão	3.4 billion
Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management	Paulo Bernardo	5.8 billion
Ministry of Communications	Hélio Costa	3.1 billion
Ministry of Science and Technology	Sérgio Rezende	3 billion
Ministry of Environment	Carlos Minc	1.5 billion
Ministry of Sports	Orlando de Jesus Júnior	0.7 billion
Ministry of Tourism	Luiz Barretto Filho	1.5 billion
Ministry of National Integration	Geddel Vieira Lima	7.1 billion
Ministry of Agrarian Development	Guilherme Cassel	2.3 billion
Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture	Altemir Gregolin
Ministry of Cities	Márcio Fortes	4.6 billion
Ministry of Social Development	Patrus Ananias	15.9 billion
Other cabinet-level offices	Incumbent
Office of the Chief of Staff	Dilma Rousseff
Office of the Press Secretary	Franklin Martins
Office of the Chief of the Military Cabinet	Gen. Jorge Armando Felix
Office of the Solicitor-General	Luis Inácio Lucena Adams
Office of the Inspector-General	Jorge Hage Sobrinho
General Secretariat of the Presidency	Luiz Dulci
Secretariat of Strategic Affairs	Daniel Barcelos Vargas (interim)
Secretariat of Human Rights	Paulo de Tarso Vannuchi
Secretariat of Institutional Affairs	José Múcio Monteiro
Special Secretariat of Racial Equality	Édson Santos
Special Secretariat of Women's Rights	Nilcéa Freire
Special Secretariat of Ports	Pedro Brito
Central Bank	Henrique Meirelles

[edit] See also

• Federal institutions of Brazil

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• brasil.gov.br Official Brazilian Government Portal
• Presidência da República Official website of the Presidency of Brazil
• e.Gov Official Government Services and Information Portal