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Jader Barbalho Filho Jader Fontenelle Barbalho Filho (born June 24, 1976) is a Brazilian public official affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party. Since 2023, he has served as Minister of Cities in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

, website = The Ministry of Cities ( pt, Ministério das Cidades) is a

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, created on January 1, 2003.

History

The ministry was created on January 1, 2003, following the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to ''

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'', "the ministry was set up to tackle the urban chaos of Brazil’s traffic-clogged megacities." On January 1, 2019, President

Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...

had it merged with the

Ministry of National Integration The Ministry of National Integration ( pt, Ministério da Integração Nacional, abbreviated MNI) was a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, established in 1999. Some of its portfolio overlapped the Ministry of Development, but the MNI ...

to form the Ministry of Regional Development, led by Minister Gustavo Canuto. Following Lula's victory over Bolsonaro in the 2022 presidential election, Lula went on to re-establish them ministry on January 1, 2023. The newly appointed Minister of Cities,

, has pledged to rebuild the public housing program.

List of ministers

References

External links

Official site
Government ministries of Brazil Ministries established in 2003 2003 establishments in Brazil Ministries disestablished in 2019 2019 disestablishments in Brazil {{brazil-gov-stub