| Portuguese: Ministério das Comunicações | |
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| Formed | 25 February 1967 |
| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Brazil |
| Headquarters | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco R Brasília, Federal District |
| Annual budget | $1.64 b BRL (2023) [1] |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Communications is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.
In May 2016, then president Michel Temer dissolved the Ministry, which became part of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication, Portuguese : Ministério da Ciência, Tecnolgia, Inovação e Comunicações, abbreviated MCTIC). [2] Before the Ministry's dissolution in 2016, the last Minister of Communications was André Figueiredo.
On 10 June 2020, president Jair Bolsonaro restored the Ministry, making Fábio Faria the Minister of Communications. [3] Currently, the office is held by federal deputy Juscelino Filho. [4]
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President | |
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| 1 | Carlos Furtado de Simas (1913–1978) | 15 March 1967 | 30 October 1969 | 2 years, 229 days | Independent | Artur da Costa e Silva (ARENA) Military Junta of 1969 (Military junta) | ||
| 2 | Hygino Caetano Corsetti (1919–2004) | 30 October 1969 | 15 March 1974 | 4 years, 136 days | Independent | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) | ||
| 3 | Euclides Quandt de Oliveira (1919–2013) | 15 March 1974 | 15 March 1979 | 5 years, 0 days | Independent | Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) | ||
| 4 | Haroldo Corrêa de Mattos (1923–1994) | 15 March 1979 | 15 March 1985 | 6 years, 0 days | Independent | João Figueiredo (PDS) | ||
| 5 | Antônio Carlos Magalhães (1927–2007) | 15 March 1985 | 15 March 1990 | 5 years, 0 days | PFL | José Sarney (MDB) | ||
| 6 | Hugo Napoleão Neto (born 1943) | 19 October 1992 | 23 December 1993 | 1 year, 65 days | PFL | Itamar Franco (MDB) | ||
| 7 | Djalma Bastos de Morais (1937–2020) | 23 December 1993 | 1 January 1995 | 30 years, 30 days | Independent | Itamar Franco (MDB) | ||
| 8 | Sérgio Motta (1940–1998) | 1 January 1995 | 19 April 1998 | 3 years, 108 days | PSDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 9 | Luiz Carlos Mendonça de Barros (born 1943) | 30 April 1998 | 1 January 1999 | 246 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 10 | Pimenta da Veiga (born 1947) | 1 January 1999 | 2 April 2002 | 3 years, 91 days | PSDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 11 | Juarez Quadros (born 1944) | 2 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | 274 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) | ||
| 12 | Miro Teixeira (born 1945) | 1 January 2003 | 1 January 2004 | 1 year, 0 days | PDT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 13 | Eunício Oliveira (born 1952) | 23 January 2004 | 8 July 2005 | 1 year, 166 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 14 | Hélio Costa (born 1939) | 8 July 2005 | 1 April 2010 | 4 years, 267 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 15 | José Artur Filardi (born 1959) | 1 April 2010 | 1 January 2011 | 275 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 16 | Paulo Bernardo (born 1952) | 1 January 2011 | 1 January 2015 | 4 years, 0 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 17 | Ricardo Berzoini (born 1960) | 1 January 2015 | 2 October 2015 | 274 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 18 | André Figueiredo (born 1966) | 2 October 2015 | 12 May 2016 | 223 days | PDT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 19 | Fábio Faria (born 1977) | 17 June 2020 | 21 December 2022 | 2 years, 187 days | PP | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) | ||
| 20 | Juscelino Filho (born 1984) | 1 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 21 days | UNIÃO | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
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