Ministry of Infrastructure (Brazil)

Ministry of Infrastructure
Ministry overview
Formed17 December 1892
1 January 2019 (re-creation)
Dissolved1 January 2023
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersBrasília, Distrito Federal
Annual budgetR$ 19,0 billion (2022)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Marcelo Sampaio Cunha Filho
Websitehttps://www.gov.br/infraestrutura/pt-br

The Ministry of Infrastructure (MInfra) (Portuguese: Ministério da Infraestrutura) was a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. It was a body of the direct administration of the Brazilian state, responsible for national traffic and transport policies (air, rail, road and waterway, in addition to airport and port infrastructure). The body succeeded the Ministry of Transport, having received the new designation and the attributions related to traffic with the election of Jair Bolsonaro to the Presidency of Republic. [2] These were the responsibility of the extinct Ministry of Cities until then. The regimental structure of the ministry is established by Decree 9.676/19. [3]

Previously, during the Fernando Collor de Mello's government, there was also a Ministry of Infrastructure, created by Law 8028/90 of April 12, 1990. However, at the time, the agency also had powers related to mines, energy and communications, a fact which is currently not repeated. The holders of this ministry were Ozires Silva, Eduardo de Freitas Teixeira and João Eduardo Cerdeira de Santana. At the time, the ministry was extinguished by Law 8.422/92 of May 13, 1992. [4]

On January 1, 2019, the Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation was merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure by President Jair Bolsonaro. The first holder after the re-creation of the ministry was Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas.[5]

The body was dissolved on January 1, 2023 by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and was divided into two new ministries: the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Ports and Airports.[6]

  1. ^ Governo Federal (24 January 2022). "LEI Nº 14.303, DE 21 DE JANEIRO DE 2022". Governo do Brasil. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ "MPV 870". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  3. ^ "DECRETO Nº 9.676, DE 2 DE JANEIRO DE 2019 - Imprensa Nacional". Diário Oficial da União - Imprensa Nacional (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ "L8422". Planalto. 13 May 1992. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Bolsonaro anuncia ex-diretor do Dnit Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas para ministro da Infraestrutura". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  6. ^ "Rui Costa confirma divisão do Ministério da Infraestrutura e diz que 37 Pastas estão prontas". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-23.