Ministry of Cities

The Ministry of Cities (Ministério das Cidades) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, created on January 1, 2003.

History
The ministry was created on January 1, 2003, following the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to The Guardian, "the ministry was set up to tackle the urban chaos of Brazil’s traffic-clogged megacities."

On January 1, 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro had it merged with the Ministry of National Integration to form the Ministry of Regional Development, led by Minister Gustavo Canuto.

Following Lula's victory over Bolsonaro in the 2022 presidential election, Lula went on to re-establish them ministry on January 1, 2023. The newly appointed Minister of Cities, Jader Barbalho Filho, has pledged to rebuild the public housing program.