Cabinet of Brazil
Formation | 24 January 1891 |
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Purpose | Advisory body to the president of Brazil |
Location | |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |
Membership | 38 members (not counting the VP):
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Website | www |
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The Cabinet of Brazil (
federal government of Brazil. Cabinet officers are appointed and dismissed by the President. There are currently twenty-three Ministries
, including six Ministry-level offices: the Chief of Staff, General-Secretariat of the Presidency, Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Secretariat of Social Communication, Personal Office of the President of the Republic and the Institutional Security Office. Other institutions also assists the Presidency.
Responsibilities
Ministers assist the President of the Republic in the exercise of executive power. Each minister is responsible for the general administration of a government portfolio, and heads the corresponding
External Relations and Defense
.
Current cabinet
List of recent cabinets
See also
- Federal institutions of Brazil
References
External links
- gov.br Official Brazilian Government Portal
- Presidência da República Official website of the Presidency of Brazil
- e.Gov Official Government Services and Information Portal