Ministry of Racial Equality | |
Native Name: | pt|Ministério da Igualdade Racial |
Agency Type: | Ministry |
Jurisdiction: | Federal government of Brazil |
Headquarters: | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco F Brasília, Federal District |
Budget: | $91.8 m BRL (2023)[1] |
Chief1 Name: | Anielle Franco |
Chief1 Position: | Minister |
Chief2 Name: | Roberta Eugênio |
Chief2 Position: | Executive-Secretary |
Chief3 Name: | Iêda Leal de Souza |
Chief3 Position: | Secretary of Management of the National System of Promotion of Racial Equality |
Chief4 Name: | Ronaldo dos Santos |
Chief4 Position: | Secretary of Policies for Quilombolas, Traditional People and Communities of African Origin, Terreiro People and Gypsies |
Chief5 Name: | Márcia Regina de Lima |
Chief5 Position: | Secretary of Policies and Affirmative Actions, Fight and Overcoming Racism |
Ministry of Racial Equality (pt|Ministério da Igualdade Racial) of Brazil is a department of the direct public administration of the Federal Government responsible to plan, coordinate and execute public politics of promotion of racial equality and fight against racism on a national level.The incumbent minister of state who heads the ministry is Anielle Franco.[2] Web site: Quem é quem: os 37 ministros empossados por Lula. G1. pt. 1 January 2023. 5 January 2023.
It was created under the name of Special Secretariat of Politics of Promotion of Racial Equality of the Presidency of the Republic (SEPPIR), on 21 March 2003, during the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a secretariat linked to the Presidency and with cabinet-level. The first chief minister was Matilde Ribeiro, social worker and university professor.
Due to the long period it was a child agency in another department, the Ministry of Racial Equality is under a process of redeployment and should follow the organizational structure of the other Brazilian ministries that are composed by the following units and organs: