Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro

In December 2018, the final composition of Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet emerged after weeks of announcements and appointments. The cabinet includes 22 personnel, of which 16 are ministers, two are cabinet-level positions and four are secretaries directly linked to the presidency of Brazil.^[1] The 22 figure is down from 29 in the outgoing administration. Seven of the ministers will be military men; eight have technocrat profiles; and seven are politicians. Hindustan Times commented that "there are just two women in Bolsonaro’s government, which is double the number in the outgoing lineup under President Michel Temer", and that "there are no blacks, despite half of Brazil’s population being at least partly descended from Africans.^[2]

Bolsonaro Cabinet
Cabinet of Brazil
2019–2023
Cabinet of President Jair Bolsonaro in January 2019
Date formed	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)
Date dissolved	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)
People and organisations
President	Jair Bolsonaro
President's history	2019–2023
Vice President	Hamilton Mourão
No. of ministers	23 (incl. Cabinet-level members)
Ministers removed	19 resigned
Member parties	Liberal Party   Brazil Union   Progressistas   Social Democratic Party   Brazilian Democratic Movement   Republicanos   Social Christian Party   Podemos   Brazilian Labour Party   Avante   Patriota
Status in legislature	Coalition 402 / 594 (68%)
Opposition parties	Workers' Party   Brazilian Social Democracy Party   Brazilian Socialist Party   Democratic Labour Party   Solidariedade   Republican Party of the Social Order   Socialism and Liberty Party   Communist Party of Brazil   New Party   Cidadania   Green Party   Sustainability Network
Opposition leaders	Wolney Queiroz Randolfe Rodrigues
History
Election	2018 general election
Legislature term	56th Legislature of the National Congress
Advice and consent	Federal Senate
Predecessor	Cabinet of Michel Temer
Successor	Second cabinet of Lula da Silva

Cabinet

Esplanada dos Ministérios and the National Congress in background

The Itamaraty Palace, seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

The Justice Palace, seat of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security

Army High Command HQ in Brasília

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chief of Staff	Onyx Lorenzoni	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	18 February 2020 (2020-02-18)		DEM
	Walter Braga Netto	18 February 2020 (2020-02-18)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)		Independent
	Luiz Eduardo Ramos	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)	26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)		Independent
	Ciro Nogueira	26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		PP
Secretary of Government	Santos Cruz	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)		Independent
	Luiz Eduardo Ramos	13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)		Independent
	Flávia Arruda	30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)		PL
	Célio Faria Júnior	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gustavo Bebianno	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)		PSL
	Floriano Peixoto	18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)	20 June 2019 (2019-06-20)		Independent
	Jorge Oliveira	20 June 2019 (2019-06-20)	31 December 2020 (2020-12-31)		Independent
	Onyx Lorenzoni	12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)	28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)		DEM
	Luiz Eduardo Ramos	28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Attorney General	André Mendonça	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)		Independent
	José Levi do Amaral	28 April 2020 (2020-04-28)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)		Independent
	André Mendonça	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)	6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)		Independent
	Bruno Bianco	6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Comptroller General	Wagner de Campos Rosário	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Secretary of Institutional Security	Augusto Heleno	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		DEM
	Marcos Montes	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		PSD
Minister of Citizenship	Osmar Terra	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)		MDB
	Onyx Lorenzoni	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)	12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)		DEM
	João Roma	12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		Republicanos
	Ronaldo Vieira Bento	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Communications	Fábio Faria	17 June 2020 (2020-06-17)	21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)		PSD
Minister of Defense	Fernando Azevedo e Silva	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)		Independent
	Walter Braga Netto	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		Independent
	Paulo Sérgio Nogueira	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of the Economy	Paulo Guedes	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Education	Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)		Independent
	Abraham Weintraub	8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)	20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)		Independent
	Milton Ribeiro	16 July 2020 (2020-07-16)	28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)		Independent
	Victor Godoy Veiga	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Environment	Ricardo Salles	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)		NOVO
	Joaquim Leite	23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ernesto Araújo	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)		Independent
	Carlos França	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Health	Luiz Henrique Mandetta	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	16 April 2020 (2020-04-16)		DEM
	Nelson Teich	17 April 2020 (2020-04-17)	15 May 2020 (2020-05-15)		Independent
	Eduardo Pazuello	15 May 2020 (2020-05-15)	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)		Independent
	Marcelo Queiroga	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Infrastructure	Tarcísio de Freitas	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		Independent
	Marcelo Sampaio	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Sergio Moro	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	24 April 2020 (2020-04-24)		Independent
	André Mendonça	29 April 2020 (2020-04-29)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)		Independent
	Anderson Torres	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		PSL
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Onyx Lorenzoni	28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		DEM
	José Carlos Oliveira	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Mines and Energy	Bento Costa Lima	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	11 May 2022 (2022-05-11)		Independent
	Adolfo Sachsida	11 May 2022 (2022-05-11)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Regional Development	Gustavo Canuto	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)		Independent
	Rogério Marinho	11 February 2020 (2020-02-11)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		PSDB
	Daniel Duarte Ferreira	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)		Independent
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Marcos Pontes	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		PSL
	Paulo César Alvim	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Tourism	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)		PSL
	Gilson Machado Neto	9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		PSC
	Carlos Brito	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Minister of Woman, Family and Human Rights	Damares Alves	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)		PP
	Cristiane Britto	30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Republicanos

Non-cabinet positions

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
President of the Central Bank of Brazil	Ilan Goldfajn	9 June 2016 (2016-06-09)	28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)		Independent
	Roberto Campos Neto	28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)	Incumbent		Independent
Chairman of the Brazilian Development Bank	Joaquim Levy	7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)	16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)		Independent
	Gustavo Montezano	17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
CEO of Petrobras	Roberto Castello Branco	3 January 2019 (2019-01-03)	13 April 2021 (2021-04-13)		Independent
	Joaquim Silva e Luna	16 April 2021 (2021-04-16)	13 April 2022 (2022-04-13)		Independent
	José Mauro Coelho	14 April 2022 (2022-04-14)	20 June 2022 (2022-06-20)		Independent
	Caio Paes de Andrade	28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)	4 January 2023 (2023-01-04)		Independent
Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces	Raul Botelho	19 January 2019 (2019-01-19)	31 May 2021 (2021-05-31)		Independent
	Laerte de Souza Santos	31 May 2021 (2021-05-31)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)		Independent
Commander of the Brazilian Army	Gen. Edson Leal Pujol	11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)	30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)		Independent
	Gen. Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira	31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)		Independent
	Gen. Marco Antônio Freire Gomes	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)		Independent
Commander of the Brazilian Navy	Adm. Ilques Barbosa Junior	9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)	30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)		Independent
	Adm. Almir Garnier Santos	31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	6 January 2023 (2023-01-06)		Independent
Commander of the Brazilian Air Force	Lt. Brig. Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez	4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)	31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)		Independent
	Lt. Brig. Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior	12 April 2021 (2021-04-12)	2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)		Independent

References

1. o autor (28 November 2018). "Saiba quem são os 22 ministros da esplanada de Bolsonaro, Poder360, accessed 12 December 2018". Poder360.com.br. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
2. "Jair Bolsonaro government has military, conservative streak, Hindustan Times". Hindustantimes.com. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2019.