# Ministry of Labour and Employment (Brazil)

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (Portuguese: Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, abbreviated MTE) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current Minister of Labour is Luiz Marinho.

## List of ministers

| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President |
| 1 | Lindolfo Collor (1890–1942) | 26 November 1930 (1930-11-26) | 4 April 1932 (1932-04-04) | 1 year, 130 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 2 | Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (1888–1950) | 4 April 1932 (1932-04-04) | 25 July 1934 (1934-07-25) | 2 years, 112 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 3 | Agamenon Magalhães (1893–1952) | 25 July 1934 (1934-07-25) | 25 November 1937 (1937-11-25) | 3 years, 123 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 4 | Waldemar Falcão (1895–1946) | 25 November 1937 (1937-11-25) | 13 June 1941 (1941-06-13) | 3 years, 200 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 5 | Dulfe Pinheiro Machado (1885–1972) | 13 June 1941 (1941-06-13) | 29 December 1941 (1941-12-29) | 199 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 6 | Marcondes Filho (1892–1974) | 29 December 1941 (1941-12-29) | 29 October 1945 (1945-10-29) | 3 years, 304 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 7 | Carneiro de Mendonça (1894–1946) | 29 October 1945 (1945-10-29) | 31 January 1946 (1946-01-31) | 94 days | Independent | José Linhares (Ind) |
| 8 | Octacílio Negrão de Lima (1897–1960) | 31 January 1946 (1946-01-31) | 30 October 1946 (1946-10-30) | 272 days | Independent | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 9 | Morvan Dias de Figueiredo (1890–1950) | 30 October 1946 (1946-10-30) | 30 September 1948 (1948-09-30) | 1 year, 336 days | Independent | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 10 | João Otaviano de Lima Pereira (1887–?) | 30 September 1948 (1948-09-30) | 22 October 1948 (1948-10-22) | 22 days | Independent | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 11 | Honório Fernandes Monteiro (1894–1968) | 22 October 1948 (1948-10-22) | 29 June 1950 (1950-06-29) | 1 year, 250 days | PSD | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 12 | Marcial Dias Pequeno (1908–1991) | 29 June 1950 (1950-06-29) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 216 days | Independent | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 13 | Danton Coelho (1906–1961) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 5 September 1951 (1951-09-05) | 217 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (PTB) |
| 14 | José de Segadas Viana (1906–1991) | 5 September 1951 (1951-09-05) | 17 June 1953 (1953-06-17) | 1 year, 285 days | PTB | Getúlio Vargas (PTB) |
| 15 | João Goulart (1919–1976) | 18 June 1953 (1953-06-18) | 23 February 1954 (1954-02-23) | 250 days | PTB | Getúlio Vargas (PTB) |
| 16 | Hugo de Araújo Faria (1915–1987) | 24 February 1954 (1954-02-24) | 24 August 1954 (1954-08-24) | 181 days | Independent | Getúlio Vargas (PTB) |
| 17 | Napoleão de Alencastro Guimarães (1899–1964) | 24 August 1954 (1954-08-24) | 11 November 1955 (1955-11-11) | 1 year, 79 days | PSD | Café Filho (PSP) Carlos Luz (PSD) |
| 18 | Nélson Omegna (1903–1987) | 11 November 1955 (1955-11-11) | 31 January 1956 (1956-01-31) | 81 days | Independent | Nereu Ramos (PSD) |
| 19 | Parsifal Barroso (1913–1986) | 31 January 1956 (1956-01-31) | 30 June 1958 (1958-06-30) | 2 years, 150 days | PSD | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 20 | Mário Meneghetti (1905–1969) | 30 June 1958 (1958-06-30) | 17 July 1958 (1958-07-17) | 17 days | PSD | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 21 | Fernando Nóbrega (1904–1993) | 17 July 1958 (1958-07-17) | 17 April 1960 (1960-04-17) | 1 year, 275 days | PSD | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 22 | João Batista Ramos (1910–2002) | 19 April 1960 (1960-04-19) | 7 November 1960 (1960-11-07) | 202 days | PTB | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 23 | Alírio Sales Coelho (1904–1975) | 7 November 1960 (1960-11-07) | 31 January 1961 (1961-01-31) | 85 days | PSD | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 24 | Francisco Carlos Castro Neves (1914–1974) | 31 January 1961 (1961-01-31) | 25 August 1961 (1961-08-25) | 206 days | Independent | Jânio Quadros (PTN) |
| 25 | José de Segadas Viana (1906–1991) | 28 August 1961 (1961-08-28) | 8 September 1961 (1961-09-08) | 11 days | PTB | Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD) |
| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Prime Minister |
| 26 | Franco Montoro (1916–1999) | 8 September 1961 (1961-09-08) | 12 July 1962 (1962-07-12) | 307 days | PDC | Tancredo Neves (PSD) |
| 27 | Hermes Lima (1902–1978) | 12 July 1962 (1962-07-12) | 31 August 1962 (1962-08-31) | 50 days | PTB | Brochado da Rocha (PSD) |
| 28 | Benjamin Eurico Cruz (1915–1992) | 31 August 1962 (1962-08-31) | 24 January 1963 (1963-01-24) | 146 days | Independent | Brochado da Rocha (PSD) Hermes Lima (PTB) |
| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President |
| 29 | Almino Monteiro Álvares Afonso (born 1929) | 24 January 1963 (1963-01-24) | 18 June 1963 (1963-06-18) | 145 days | PTB | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 30 | Amaury de Oliveira e Silva (1924–2002) | 18 June 1963 (1963-06-18) | 31 March 1964 (1964-03-31) | 287 days | Independent | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 31 | Arnaldo Lopes Süssekind (1917–2012) | 4 April 1964 (1964-04-04) | 7 December 1965 (1965-12-07) | 1 year, 247 days | Independent | Ranieri Mazzilli (PSD) Castelo Branco (Military dictatorship) |
| 32 | Walter Peracchi Barcelos (1907–1986) | 7 December 1965 (1965-12-07) | 18 July 1966 (1966-07-18) | 223 days | ARENA | Castelo Branco (ARENA) |
| 33 | Paulo Egydio Martins (1928–2021) | 18 July 1966 (1966-07-18) | 1 August 1966 (1966-08-01) | 14 days | ARENA | Castelo Branco (ARENA) |
| 34 | Luís Gonzaga do Nascimento e Silva (1915–2003) | 1 August 1966 (1966-08-01) | 15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) | 226 days | Independent | Castelo Branco (ARENA) |
| 35 | Jarbas Passarinho (1920–2016) | 15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 2 years, 229 days | ARENA | Costa e Silva (ARENA) Military Junta of 1969 (Military junta) |
| 36 | Júlio Barata (1905–1991) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 15 March 1974 (1974-03-15) | 4 years, 136 days | Independent | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) |
| 37 | Arnaldo da Costa Prieto (1930–2012) | 2 May 1974 (1974-05-02) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 4 years, 317 days | ARENA | Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) |
| 38 | Murilo Macedo (1923–2003) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 6 years, 0 days | PDS | João Figueiredo (PDS) |
| 39 | Almir Pazzianotto (born 1936) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) | 3 years, 196 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 40 | Erós Antônio de Almeida (born 1941) | 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) | 28 October 1988 (1988-10-28) | 31 days | Independent | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 41 | Ronaldo Costa Couto (born 1942) | 28 October 1988 (1988-10-28) | 13 January 1989 (1989-01-13) | 77 days | MDB | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 42 | Dorothea Werneck (born 1948) | 13 January 1989 (1989-01-13) | 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) | 1 year, 61 days | Independent | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 43 | Antônio Rogério Magri (born 1940) | 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) | 20 January 1992 (1992-01-20) | 1 year, 311 days | PTB | Fernando Collor (PRN) |
| 44 | Reinhold Stephanes (born 1939) | 20 January 1992 (1992-01-20) | 13 April 1992 (1992-04-13) | 84 days | PFL | Fernando Collor (PRN) |
| 45 | João Mellão Neto (1955–2020) | 13 April 1992 (1992-04-13) | 4 October 1992 (1992-10-04) | 174 days | PFL | Fernando Collor (PRN) |
| 46 | Walter Barelli (1938–2019) | 4 October 1992 (1992-10-04) | 4 May 1994 (1994-05-04) | 1 year, 212 days | PSDB | Itamar Franco (MDB) |
| 47 | Marcelo Pimentel (1925–2018) | 4 May 1994 (1994-05-04) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 242 days | Independent | Itamar Franco (MDB) |
| 48 | Paulo de Tarso Almeida Paiva (born 1940) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 30 March 1998 (1998-03-30) | 3 years, 88 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| – | Antonio Anastasia (born 1961) Acting | 30 March 1998 (1998-03-30) | 6 April 1998 (1998-04-06) | 7 days | PSDB | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 49 | Edward Swaelen (born 1956) | 6 April 1998 (1998-04-06) | 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) | 270 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 50 | Francisco Dornelles (1935–2023) | 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) | 8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) | 3 years, 97 days | PP | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 51 | Paulo Jobim Filho (born 1952) | 8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 268 days | Independent | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 52 | Jaques Wagner (born 1951) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 23 January 2004 (2004-01-23) | 1 year, 22 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 53 | Ricardo Berzoini (born 1960) | 23 January 2004 (2004-01-23) | 12 July 2005 (2005-07-12) | 1 year, 170 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 54 | Luiz Marinho (born 1959) | 12 July 2005 (2005-07-12) | 29 March 2007 (2007-03-29) | 1 year, 260 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 55 | Carlos Lupi (born 1957) | 29 March 2007 (2007-03-29) | 5 December 2011 (2011-12-05) | 4 years, 251 days | PDT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| – | Paulo Roberto dos Santos Pinto (born 1972) Acting | 5 December 2011 (2011-12-05) | 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) | 150 days | Independent | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 56 | Brizola Neto (born 1978) | 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) | 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) | 316 days | PDT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 57 | Manoel Dias (born 1938) | 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) | 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) | 2 years, 201 days | PDT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 58 | Miguel Rossetto (born 1960) | 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 223 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 59 | Ronaldo Nogueira (born 1966) | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | 27 December 2017 (2017-12-27) | 1 year, 229 days | PTB | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| – | Vacant Acting | 27 December 2017 (2017-12-27) | 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) | 104 days | Vacant | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 60 | Helton Yomura (born 1984) | 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) | 5 July 2018 (2018-07-05) | 86 days | PTB | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| – | Eliseu Padilha (1945–2023) Acting | 5 July 2018 (2018-07-05) | 9 July 2018 (2018-07-09) | 4 days | MDB | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 61 | Caio Vieira de Mello (born 1949) | 9 July 2018 (2018-07-09) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 176 days | Independent | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 62 | Onyx Lorenzoni (born 1954) | 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) | 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) | 246 days | DEM | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) |
| 63 | José Carlos Oliveira (born 1965) | 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | 276 days | Independent | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) |
| 64 | Luiz Marinho (born 1959) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 72 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |