Ministry of Tourism (Brazil)
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| Portuguese: Ministério do Turismo | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2003 |
| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Brazil |
| Headquarters | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco U Brasília, Federal District |
| Annual budget | $826.9 m BRL (2023)[1] |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Tourism (Portuguese: Ministério do Turismo) is a cabinet-level federal ministry created on January 1, 2003. It is responsible for Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Board.
Developing tourism as a sustainable economic activity with a relevant role for the generation of jobs and foreign currency and providing social inclusion. The Ministry of Tourism is innovating in the handling of public policies with a decentralized management model, guided by strategic thinking.
Its organizational structure comprises the National Secretariat of Tourism Policies, which assumes the role of carrying out the national policy for the sector, oriented by the directives from the national Council of Tourism. In addition, it is responsible for the internal promotion and oversees the quality of the provision of the Brazilian tourism service.
The National Secretariat of Programs for the Development of Tourism is responsible for subsidizing the formulation of plans, programs and actions for the strengthening of national tourism. The duties of the body are the promotion and development of infrastructure and the improvement in the quality of the services rendered.
EMBRATUR – Brazilian Tourism Institute, established on November 18, 1966, as a Brazilian tourism enterprise, had the objective of fostering tourism activity by making feasible conditions for the generation of jobs, income and development throughout the country.
Since January 2003, upon the establishment of the Ministry of Tourism, EMBRATUR's actions were concentrated in the promotion, marketing and support to the trading of products, services and tourism destinations. [2]
List of ministers[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President | |
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| 1 | Walfrido dos Mares Guia (born 1942) | 1 January 2003 | 22 March 2007 | 4 years, 80 days | PTB | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 2 | Marta Suplicy (born 1945) | 22 March 2007 | 3 June 2008 | 1 year, 73 days | PT | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 3 | Luiz Barreto Filho (born 1962) | 3 June 2008 | 1 January 2011 | 2 years, 212 days | Independent | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 4 | Pedro Novais (born 1930) | 1 January 2011 | 14 September 2011 | 256 days | MDB | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 5 | Gastão Vieira (born 1946) | 14 September 2011 | 17 March 2014 | 2 years, 184 days | MDB | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 6 | Vinicius Lages (born 1957) | 17 March 2014 | 16 April 2015 | 1 year, 30 days | Independent | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 7 | Henrique Eduardo Alves (born 1948) | 16 April 2015 | 28 March 2016 | 347 days | MDB | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 8 | Alessandro Teixeira (born 1972) | 22 April 2016 | 12 May 2016 | 20 days | PT | Dilma Rousseff (PT) | ||
| 9 | Henrique Eduardo Alves (born 1948) | 12 May 2016 | 16 June 2016 | 35 days | MDB | Michel Temer (MDB) | ||
| 10 | Marx Beltrão (born 1979) | 5 October 2016 | 6 April 2018 | 1 year, 183 days | MDB | Michel Temer (MDB) | ||
| 11 | Vinicius Lummertz (born 1960) | 10 April 2018 | 1 January 2019 | 266 days | PSDB | Michel Temer (MDB) | ||
| 12 | Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (born 1974) | 1 January 2019 | 9 December 2020 | 1 year, 343 days | PSL | Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) | ||
| 13 | Gilson Machado Neto (born 1968) | 9 December 2020 | 31 March 2022 | 1 year, 112 days | PSC | Jair Bolsonaro (Ind) | ||
| 14 | Carlos Brito | 31 March 2022 | 1 January 2023 | 276 days | Independent | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) | ||
| 15 | Daniela Carneiro (born 1976) | 1 January 2023 | 13 July 2023 | 193 days | UNIÃO | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
| 16 | Celso Sabino (born 1978) | 13 July 2023 | Incumbent | 285 days | UNIÃO | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | ||
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "MTUR".
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Portuguese)
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