List of ministers of natural environment of Brazil explained

This is a list of the ministers of the natural environment and their preceding offices.

Secretary of Natural Environment (Ministry of the Interior)

• Paulo Nogueira Neto (1973–1985)
• Roberto Messias Franco (1985–1985)

Ministry of Urban Development and Natural Environment

• Flávio Rios Peixoto da Silveira (1985–1986)
• Deni Lineu Schwartz (1986–1987)
• Prisco Viana (1987–1988)

Secretary of Natural Environment for the President

• Ben-hur Luttembarck Batalha (1988–1989)
• José Lutzenberger (1990–1992)
• José Goldemberg (1992–1992)
• Flávio Miragaia Perri (1992–1992)

Minister of Natural Environment

• Fernando Coutinho Jorge (1992–1993)

Minister of Natural Environment and the Legal Amazon

• Rubens Ricupero (1993–1994)
• Henrique Brandão Cavalcanti (1994–1994)

Minister of Natural Environment, Water Resources and the Legal Amazon

• Gustavo Krause (1995–1998)

Minister of Natural Environment

No.	width=80	Image	Name	Term of office		Political Party	President	Ref.
1			1999	2002		Fernando Henrique Cardoso
2			2002	2002
3			2003	2008	Green Party	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
4			2008	2010	Green Party
5			2010	2016			Dilma Rousseff
6			2016	2018	Green Party	Michel Temer	^[1]
7			2018	2019
8			2019	2021		Jair Bolsonaro
9			2021	2022
10			2023	present		Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Notes and References

1. News: Sarney Filho (PV), ministro do Meio Ambiente do governo Temer . 12 May 2016 . G1 . 15 February 2017 . Globo.