Ministry of Culture (Brazil)

The Ministry of Culture of Brazil (Portuguese: Ministério da Cultura, MinC) is a cabinet-level federal ministry created in 1985, in the first month of president's José Sarney government, dissolved by Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 and reinstated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023.

Ministry of Culture
Portuguese: Ministério da Cultura
Ministry overview
Formed15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$6.3 b BRL (2023)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.gov.br/cultura/
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Dissolution and reinstatement

In April 1990, it was dissolved by president Fernando Collor de Mello and transformed into a Culture Secretary, directly linked to the presidency. This situation was reverted two years later, but, in the meantime, in 1991, the law called popularly Lei Rouanet was created by the secretary of Culture, Sérgio Paulo Rouanet. It is a law that allows companies and individuals to sponsor cultural products, up to respectively 4% and 6% of their income tax. It is a law of incentive to the culture, the most important instrument of the ministry, frequently contested.

In 1999, president Fernando Henrique Cardoso expanded the scope of the law, with more financial resources and a reorganization of its structure. Again, in 2003, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva restructured the ministry.

The Ministry of Culture was dissolved again on 12 May 2016 by the acting president of Brazil, Michel Temer. Its functions were merged into a new Ministry of Education and Culture. The dissolution of the ministry immediately sparked protests in numerous Brazilian cities, and included the occupation of the Gustavo Capanema Palace in Rio de Janeiro, and National Foundation of the Arts (FUNARTE) offices in Belo Horizonte, Brasília and São Paulo. Artists such as the singer Otto and Arnaldo Antunes participated in the protests. The Ministry of Culture was reinstated by the Temer government on 23 May 2016,[2] dissolved by Jair Bolsonaro in his first day of presidency and reinstated by the Lula administration in 2023.

Structure

Foundations
  • Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation (FCRB)
  • Palmares Cultural Foundation (FCP)
  • National Arts Foundation (Funarte)
  • National Library Foundation (BN)
  • Brazilian Center for Educational Television Foundation (FUNTEVE)

Local authorities

Collegiate bodies
  • National Culture Fund Commission (CFNC)
  • National Culture Incentive Commission (CNIC)
  • National Cultural Policy Council (CNPC)

Bodies linked to the Audiovisual Secretariat
  • Audiovisual Technical Center (CTAV)
  • Brazilian Cinematheque

See also

References
  1. "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. "Brazil president reinstates Culture Ministry after artists protest". Reuters. New York: Thomson Reuters. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.


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