Ministry of Culture (Brazil)

Ministry of Culture
Portuguese: Ministério da Cultura
Agency overview
Formed15 March 1985; 39 years ago (1985-03-15)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$6.3 b BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives
  • Margareth Menezes, Minister
  • Márcio Tavares, Executive-Secretary
  • Marcos Alves de Souza, Secretary of Copyright and Intellectual Property
  • Henilton Parente, Secretary of Creative Economy and Cultural Promotion
  • Fabiano Piúba, Secretary of Graduation, Book and Reading
  • Joelma Gonzaga, Secretary of Audiovisual
  • Roberta Martins, Secretary of Culture Committees
  • Márcia Rollemberg, Secretary of Citizenship and Cultural Diversity
Websitewww.gov.br/cultura/

The Ministry of Culture of Brazil (Portuguese: Ministério da Cultura, MinC) is a cabinet-level federal ministry created in 1985, in the first month of president's José Sarney government, dissolved by Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 and reinstated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023.

  1. ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.