# Institutional Security Bureau

The Institutional Security Bureau (Portuguese: Gabinete de Segurança Institucional da Presidência da República, GSI; English: Institutional Security Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic, ISB) is an executive cabinet office of the federal government of Brazil responsible for providing direct assistance at a moment's notice to the President on matters of national security and defense policy. It is currently headed by retired general Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos.

## Responsibilities

* Assist the President directly in the performance of their duties;
* Prevent the occurrence of serious and imminent threats to institutional stability;
* Organize crisis management response to a threat to national and institutional stability;
* Provide personal advice on military and security issues;
* Coordinate federal intelligence activities and information security;
* Ensure the personal security of the President, the Vice-President of the Republic and their families and, where determined by the President of the Republic, the holders of the essential organs of the Presidency and other authorities and personalities, having received law enforcement powers for this purpose;
* Serve as the central government organ which oversees and organizes the Brazilian Nuclear Program Protection System;
* Provide planning and coordination to events which the President is expected to attend both and home and, with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also abroad;
* Provide assistance to activities pertaining to the Brazilian Aerospace Sector;
* Provide assistance to activities pertaining to terrorism and the actions necessary to prevent and neutralize it, providing subsidies when necessary.

## History

Created by Provisional Measure (MP) No. 1911-10 of 24 September 1999 by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
The existence of a body responsible for institutional security is not new in Brazilian history, having been the responsibility of multiple government agencies prior to the creation of the Institutional Security Bureau:
* 1930 – 1934: General Staff of the Provisional Government
* 1934 – 1938: General Staff of the Government
* 1938 – 1992: Military Office
* 1992 – 1999: Ministry of Defence
* 1999 – 2015 (temporarily deactivated): Institutional Security Bureau
* 2016 (re-activated by President Michel Temer): Institutional Security Bureau

## List of ministers

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | President |
| 1 | Francisco Ramos de Andrade Neves (1874–1951) | 1 November 1930 (1930-11-01) | 1 January 1931 (1931-01-01) | 61 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 2 | Raul Tavares (1876–1953) | 1 January 1931 (1931-01-01) | 1 May 1931 (1931-05-01) | 120 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 3 | João Ferreira Johnson | 1 May 1931 (1931-05-01) | 1 November 1932 (1932-11-01) | 1 year, 184 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 4 | Pantaleão da Silva Pessoa (1885–1980) | 1 November 1932 (1932-11-01) | 1 May 1935 (1935-05-01) | 2 years, 181 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 5 | Newton de Andrade Cavalcanti (1885–1965) | 1 May 1935 (1935-05-01) | 20 July 1935 (1935-07-20) | 80 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 6 | Francisco José Pinto (1883–1942) | 20 July 1935 (1935-07-20) | 8 May 1942 (1942-05-08) | 6 years, 292 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 7 | Firmo Freire do Nascimento (1881–1967) | 18 September 1942 (1942-09-18) | 18 October 1945 (1945-10-18) | 3 years, 30 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 8 | Francisco Gil Castelo Branco (1886–1956) | 18 October 1945 (1945-10-18) | 31 January 1946 (1946-01-31) | 105 days | José Linhares (Ind) |
| 9 | Álcio Souto (1896–1948) | 31 January 1946 (1946-01-31) | 13 September 1948 (1948-09-13) | 2 years, 226 days | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 10 | João Valdetaro de Amorim e Mello (1896–1989) | 13 September 1948 (1948-09-13) | 4 April 1950 (1950-04-04) | 1 year, 203 days | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 11 | Newton de Andrade Cavalcanti (1885–1965) | 4 April 1950 (1950-04-04) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 302 days | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 12 | Ciro do Espírito Santo Cardoso (1898–1979) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 31 March 1952 (1952-03-31) | 1 year, 60 days | Getúlio Vargas (PTB) |
| 13 | Aguinaldo Caiado de Castro (1899–1963) | 10 April 1952 (1952-04-10) | 24 August 1954 (1954-08-24) | 2 years, 136 days | Getúlio Vargas (PTB) |
| 14 | Juarez Távora (1898–1975) | 24 August 1954 (1954-08-24) | 14 April 1955 (1955-04-14) | 233 days | Café Filho (PSP) |
| 15 | José Bina Machado (1896–1964) | 14 April 1955 (1955-04-14) | 15 October 1955 (1955-10-15) | 184 days | Café Filho (PSP) |
| 16 | Floriano de Lima Brayner (1897–1983) | 15 October 1955 (1955-10-15) | 31 January 1956 (1956-01-31) | 108 days | Nereu Ramos (PSD) |
| 17 | Nélson de Melo (1899–1989) | 31 January 1956 (1956-01-31) | 5 August 1960 (1960-08-05) | 4 years, 187 days | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 18 | Waldemar Pio dos Santos | 5 August 1960 (1960-08-05) | 31 January 1961 (1961-01-31) | 179 days | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 19 | Pedro Geraldo de Almeida (1901–1977) | 31 January 1961 (1961-01-31) | 28 May 1961 (1961-05-28) | 117 days | Jânio Quadros (PTN) |
| 20 | Ernesto Geisel (1907–1996) | 25 August 1961 (1961-08-25) | 8 September 1961 (1961-09-08) | 14 days | Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD) |
| 21 | Amaury Kruel (1901–1996) | 8 September 1961 (1961-09-08) | 19 September 1961 (1961-09-19) | 11 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 22 | Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905–1998) | 19 September 1961 (1961-09-19) | 12 July 1962 (1962-07-12) | 296 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 23 | Amaury Kruel (1901–1996) | 12 July 1962 (1962-07-12) | 18 September 1962 (1962-09-18) | 68 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 24 | Albino Silva (1909–1976) | 18 September 1962 (1962-09-18) | 12 June 1963 (1963-06-12) | 267 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 25 | Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905–1998) | 12 June 1963 (1963-06-12) | 18 October 1963 (1963-10-18) | 128 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 26 | Argemiro de Assis Brasil (1907–1982) | 18 October 1963 (1963-10-18) | 31 March 1964 (1964-03-31) | 165 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 27 | André Fernandes de Sousa (1903–1975) | 2 April 1964 (1964-04-02) | 15 April 1964 (1964-04-15) | 13 days | Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD) |
| 28 | Ernesto Geisel (1907–1996) | 15 April 1964 (1964-04-15) | 15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) | 2 years, 334 days | Castelo Branco (ARENA) |
| 29 | Jaime Portela de Melo (1911–1984) | 15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 2 years, 229 days | Costa e Silva (ARENA) Military Junta of 1969 (Military junta) |
| 30 | João Figueiredo (1918–1999) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 15 March 1974 (1974-03-15) | 4 years, 136 days | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) |
| 31 | Hugo de Abreu (1916–1979) | 15 March 1974 (1974-03-15) | 4 January 1978 (1978-01-04) | 3 years, 295 days | Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) |
| 32 | Gustavo Moraes Rego Reis (1920–1997) | 6 January 1978 (1978-01-06) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 1 year, 68 days | Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) |
| 33 | Danilo Venturini (1922–2015) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 24 August 1982 (1982-08-24) | 3 years, 162 days | João Figueiredo (ARENA) |
| 34 | Rubem Carlos Ludwig (1926–1989) | 24 August 1982 (1982-08-24) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 2 years, 203 days | João Figueiredo (PDS) |
| 35 | Rubem Bayma Denys (born 1929) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) | 5 years, 0 days | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 36 | Agenor de Carvalho (born 1933) | 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) | 2 October 1992 (1992-10-02) | 2 years, 201 days | Fernando Collor (PRN) |
| 37 | Fernando Cardoso (1937–2021) | 5 October 1992 (1992-10-05) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 2 years, 88 days | Itamar Franco (MDB) |
| 38 | Alberto Mendes Cardoso (born 1940) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 24 September 1999 (1999-09-24) | 8 years, 0 days | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 39 | Jorge Armando Felix (born 1939) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 8 years, 0 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 40 | José Elito Carvalho Siqueira (born 1946) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) | 4 years, 274 days | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 41 | Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (born 1957) | 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 223 days | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 42 | Sérgio Etchegoyen (born 1952) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 2 years, 234 days | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 43 | Augusto Heleno (born 1947) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | 4 years, 0 days | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) |
| 44 | Marco Edson Gonçalves Dias (born 1950) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | 19 April 2023 (2023-04-19) | 108 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| – | Ricardo Cappelli (born 1972) Acting | 19 April 2023 (2023-04-19) | 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) | 15 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 45 | Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (born 1957) | 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) | Incumbent | 1 year, 182 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |