Brazil’s cabinet under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , after the April 2026 reshuffle. Brazil has 38 ministries or ministry-level bodies.

Current ministers

1. Vice President and Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services: Geraldo Alckmin is Vice President; Márcio Elias Rosa runs the ministry
2. Casa Civil (Chief of Staff): Miriam Belchior
3. Finance: Dario Durigan
4. Justice and Public Security: Wellington Lima e Silva
5. Defense: José Múcio
6. Foreign Affairs: Mauro Vieira
7. Planning and Budget: Bruno Moretti
8. Health: Alexandre Padilha
9. Education: Leonardo Barchini
10. Institutional Relations (SRI): José Guimarães
11. Secretariat-General of the Presidency: Guilherme Boulos
12. Social Communication (Secom): Sidônio Palmeira
13. Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI): Gen. Amaro dos Santos
14. Attorney General (AGU): Jorge Messias
15. Comptroller General (CGU): Vinícius Marques de Carvalho
16. Mines and Energy: Alexandre Silveira
17. Agriculture and Livestock: André de Paula
18. Agrarian Development and Family Farming: Fernanda Machiaveli
19. Fishing and Aquaculture: Rivetla Edipo Araujo Cruz
20. Social Development, Family and Fight against Hunger: Wellington Dias
21. Labour and Employment: Luiz Marinho
22. Social Security: Wolney Queiroz
23. Cities: Vladimir Lima
24. Transport: George Santoro
25. Ports and Airports: Tomé Franca
26. Integration and Regional Development: Waldez Góes
27. Environment and Climate Change: João Paulo Capobianco
28. Science, Technology and Innovation: Luciana Santos
29. Management and Innovation in Public Services: Esther Dweck
30. Communications: Frederico Siqueira
31. Human Rights and Citizenship: Janine Mello
32. Women: Márcia Lopes
33. Racial Equality: Rachel Barros
34. Indigenous Peoples: Eloy Terena
35. Culture: Margareth Menezes
36. Tourism: Gustavo Feliciano
37. Sports: Paulo Henrique Perna Cordeiro
38. Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business: Paulo Henrique Pereira (since 22 April 2026)

Key details

The April 2026 shake-up. Brazilian law requires executive officeholders to step down before running for office. As a result, 21 ministers left in this round, a record that beats the 14 who left in Lula’s first term in 2006. The government favored technical successors who already knew each portfolio, to keep policies continuous. Most replacements were the departing ministers’ own executive secretaries. Among those who left, Gleisi Hoffmann is running for the Senate in Paraná, and Márcio França for the Senate in São Paulo. Fernando Haddad is running for governor of São Paulo.

Alckmin’s dual role. He remains Vice President. Lula confirmed he will again be his running mate in the 2026 presidential election.

Earlier changes. Several changes came before the April reshuffle:

• Padilha moved from Institutional Relations to Health in March 2025.
• Boulos took over the Secretariat-General in October 2025.
• Lewandowski left Justice in January 2026.

The initial ministers. Several ministers from the first day of the government in January 2023 are still in place: Múcio, Vieira, Messias, Carvalho, Silveira, Dias, Marinho, Góes, Luciana Santos, Dweck and Menezes.