# Ministry of Agrarian Development (Brazil)

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture (Portuguese: Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar, abbreviated MDA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.
The MDA was established in 1999 to oversee land reform in Brazil and promote sustainable practices. The agency oversees the Center for Agrarian Studies and Rural Development (NEAD) and the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra). After taking office as Acting President, Michel Temer fused the ministry with the Ministry of Social Development. It was later recomposed by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. The incumbent minister is Paulo Teixeira.

## List of ministers

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President |
| 1 | Danilo Venturini (1922–2015) | 24 August 1982 (1982-08-24) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 2 years, 203 days | Independent | João Figueiredo (PDS) |
| 2 | Nelson de Figueredo Ribeiro (born 1930) | 30 April 1985 (1985-04-30) | 28 May 1986 (1986-05-28) | 1 year, 28 days | Independent | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 3 | Dante de Oliveira (1952–2006) | 28 May 1986 (1986-05-28) | 2 June 1987 (1987-06-02) | 1 year, 5 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 4 | Marcos Freire (1931–1987) | 4 June 1987 (1987-06-04) | 8 September 1987 (1987-09-08) | 96 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 5 | Jader Barbalho (born 1944) | 22 September 1987 (1987-09-22) | 29 July 1988 (1988-07-29) | 311 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) |
| – | Leopoldo Bessone (1942–2013) Acting | 17 August 1988 (1988-08-17) | 15 February 1989 (1989-02-15) | 182 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 6 | Raul Jungmann (born 1952) | 30 April 1996 (1996-04-30) | 4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) | 5 years, 339 days | PPS | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 7 | José Abrão (born 1945) | 4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 272 days | PSDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 8 | Miguel Rossetto (born 1960) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 31 March 2006 (2006-03-31) | 3 years, 89 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 9 | Guilherme Cassel (born 1956) | 31 March 2006 (2006-03-31) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 4 years, 276 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 10 | Afonso Florence (born 1960) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 14 March 2012 (2012-03-14) | 1 year, 73 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 11 | Pepe Vargas (born 1958) | 14 March 2012 (2012-03-14) | 17 March 2014 (2014-03-17) | 2 years, 3 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 12 | Miguel Rossetto (born 1960) | 17 March 2014 (2014-03-17) | 8 September 2014 (2014-09-08) | 175 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| – | Laudemir André Müller (born 1975) Acting | 8 September 2014 (2014-09-08) | 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) | 115 days | Independent | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 13 | Patrus Ananias (born 1952) | 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) | 14 April 2016 (2016-04-14) | 1 year, 104 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| – | Maria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (born 1961) Acting | 14 April 2016 (2016-04-14) | 19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) | 5 days | Independent | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 14 | Patrus Ananias (born 1952) | 19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 23 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 15 | Paulo Teixeira (born 1961) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 66 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |