# Ministry of Integration and Regional Development

The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (Portuguese: Ministério da Integração e Desenvolvimento Regional, abbreviated MIDR) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, established in 1999. On 1 January 2019 the Ministry of National Integration and the Ministry of Cities were merged and transformed into the Ministry of Regional Development. It was recreated on 1 January 2023.

## Responsibilities

The ministry oversees following responsibilities:
* Formulate and conduct the integrated national development policy
* Formulate regional development plans and programs
* Establish integration strategies for regional economies
* Establish guidelines and priorities in the application of resources from financing programs referred to in the Federal Constitution
* Establish guidelines and priorities in the application of resources from the Amazon Development Fund and the Northeast Development Fund
* Establish norms for compliance with the financing programs of constitutional funds and the budgetary schedules of regional investment funds
* Monitor and evaluate integrated national development programs
* Civil defense
* Works against droughts and water infrastructure
* Formulate and conduct the national irrigation policy
* Public works in border strips

## List of ministers

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President |
| 1 | Fernando Bezerra (born 1941) | 19 July 1999 (1999-07-19) | 20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) | 1 year, 336 days | PTB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 2 | Ramez Tebet (1936–2006) | 20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) | 15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) | 87 days | MDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 3 | Ney Suassuna (born 1941) | 15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) | 5 April 2002 (2002-04-05) | 202 days | MDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 4 | Luciano Barbosa (born 1958) | 5 April 2002 (2002-04-05) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 271 days | MDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 5 | Ciro Gomes (born 1957) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 31 March 2006 (2006-03-31) | 3 years, 89 days | PPS | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 6 | Pedro Brito (born 1943) | 3 April 2006 (2006-04-03) | 16 March 2007 (2007-03-16) | 347 days | PSB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 7 | Geddel Vieira Lima (born 1959) | 16 March 2007 (2007-03-16) | 31 March 2010 (2010-03-31) | 3 years, 15 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 8 | João Santana (born 1944) | 31 March 2010 (2010-03-31) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 276 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 9 | Fernando Bezerra Coelho (born 1957) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 1 October 2013 (2013-10-01) | 2 years, 273 days | PSB | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 10 | Francisco Teixeira (born 1960) | 1 October 2013 (2013-10-01) | 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) | 1 year, 92 days | Independent | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 11 | Gilberto Occhi (born 1958) | 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) | 13 April 2016 (2016-04-13) | 1 year, 103 days | PP | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 12 | Helder Barbalho (born 1979) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) | 1 year, 329 days | MDB | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 13 | Pádua Andrade (born 1966) | 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 266 days | MDB | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 14 | Waldez Góes (born 1961) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | Incumbent | 1 year, 328 days | PDT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |