| Ministry of Cities | |
| Native Name: | Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal government of Brazil |
| Agency Type: | Ministry |
| Headquarters: | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A Brasília, Federal District |
| Budget: | $20.39 b BRL (2023)[1] |
| Chief1 Name: | Jader Barbalho Filho |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister |
| Chief2 Name: | Sérgio Duarte |
| Chief2 Position: | Executive-Secretary |
| Chief3 Name: | Carlos Tome Junior |
| Chief3 Position: | Secretary of Urban and Metropolitan Development |
| Chief4 Name: | Hailton Madureira |
| Chief4 Position: | Secretary of Housing |
| Chief5 Name: | Denis Andia |
| Chief5 Position: | Secretary of Urban Mobility |
| Chief6 Name: | Leonardo Picciani |
| Chief6 Position: | Secretary of Environmental Sanitation |
| Chief7 Name: | Guilherme Simões Pereira |
| Chief7 Position: | Secretary of Suburbs |
The Ministry of Cities (Portuguese: Ministério das Cidades) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, created on January 1, 2003.[2]
The ministry was created on January 1, 2003, at the start of the first presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). According to The Guardian, "the ministry was set up to tackle the urban chaos of Brazil’s traffic-clogged megacities."
The post was maintained under the subsequent presidencies of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer. When Jair Bolsonaro became president on 1 January 2019, he merged the position with the Ministry of National Integration to form the Ministry of Regional Development, under minister Gustavo Canuto.
When Lula became president for the second time, he re-established the ministry on January 1, 2023. Jader Barbalho Filho was appointed Minister of Cities, who pledged to rebuild the public housing program.[3]