# Ministry of Communications (Brazil)

The Ministry of Communications (Portuguese: Ministério das Comunicações) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.

## History
### 2016 dissolution

In May 2016, then president Michel Temer dissolved the Ministry, which became part of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication, Portuguese: Ministério da Ciência, Tecnolgia, Inovação e Comunicações, abbreviated MCTIC). Before the Ministry's dissolution in 2016, the last Minister of Communications was André Figueiredo.

### 2020 restoration

On 10 June 2020, president Jair Bolsonaro restored the Ministry, making Fábio Faria the Minister of Communications. Currently, the office is held by federal deputy Juscelino Filho.

## Structure

The Ministry of Communications has the following structure:
* Ministry of Communications
** Minister's Office
** Legal Consulting
** Executive Secretariat
*** Undersecretariat of Planning, Budget and Administration
*** Subsecretariat of Postal Services and Governance of Related Companies
** Special Secretariat for Social Communication
** Broadcasting Secretariat
** Secretariat of Telecommunications
The four entities that are linked to the Ministry of Communications are:
* National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel)
* Brazilian Post and Telegraph Company (Correios)
* Brazilian Telecommunications (Telebras)

## List of ministers

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President |
| 1 | Carlos Furtado de Simas (1913–1978) | 15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 2 years, 229 days | Independent | Artur da Costa e Silva (ARENA) Military Junta of 1969 (Military junta) |
| 2 | Hygino Caetano Corsetti (1919–2004) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 15 March 1974 (1974-03-15) | 4 years, 136 days | Independent | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) |
| 3 | Euclides Quandt de Oliveira (1919–2013) | 15 March 1974 (1974-03-15) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 5 years, 0 days | Independent | Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) |
| 4 | Haroldo Corrêa de Mattos (1923–1994) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 6 years, 0 days | Independent | João Figueiredo (PDS) |
| 5 | Antônio Carlos Magalhães (1927–2007) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) | 5 years, 0 days | PFL | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 6 | Hugo Napoleão Neto (born 1943) | 19 October 1992 (1992-10-19) | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) | 1 year, 65 days | PFL | Itamar Franco (MDB) |
| 7 | Djalma Bastos de Morais (1937–2020) | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 31 years, 79 days | Independent | Itamar Franco (MDB) |
| 8 | Sérgio Motta (1940–1998) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 19 April 1998 (1998-04-19) | 3 years, 108 days | PSDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 9 | Luiz Carlos Mendonça de Barros (born 1943) | 30 April 1998 (1998-04-30) | 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) | 246 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 10 | Pimenta da Veiga (born 1947) | 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) | 2 April 2002 (2002-04-02) | 3 years, 91 days | PSDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 11 | Juarez Quadros (born 1944) | 2 April 2002 (2002-04-02) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 274 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 12 | Miro Teixeira (born 1945) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 1 January 2004 (2004-01-01) | 1 year, 0 days | PDT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 13 | Eunício Oliveira (born 1952) | 23 January 2004 (2004-01-23) | 8 July 2005 (2005-07-08) | 1 year, 166 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 14 | Hélio Costa (born 1939) | 8 July 2005 (2005-07-08) | 1 April 2010 (2010-04-01) | 4 years, 267 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 15 | José Artur Filardi (born 1959) | 1 April 2010 (2010-04-01) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 275 days | MDB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 16 | Paulo Bernardo (born 1952) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) | 4 years, 0 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 17 | Ricardo Berzoini (born 1960) | 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) | 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) | 274 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 18 | André Figueiredo (born 1966) | 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 223 days | PDT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 19 | Fábio Faria (born 1977) | 17 June 2020 (2020-06-17) | 21 December 2022 (2022-12-21) | 2 years, 187 days | PP | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) |
| 20 | Juscelino Filho (born 1984) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 70 days | UNIÃO | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |