See also Brazil Heads of State and Brazil Parliament

1871-72 Regent Princess-Imperial Isabel da Braganza e Borbon (24.5-31.30)
1876-77 Regent (26.3.-25.9)
1887-1888 Regent (30.6-22.8)
1889-1921 Head of the Imperial Family
She was regent while her later was in Portugal in 1889, he abdicated and the Country became a Republic. She was succeeded by her grandson, Pedro Henriques d'Orléans e Bragança (1909-81) who was succeed by his son Luiz. She lived(1842-1921)

1962-64 Secretary of Social Service Profa. Sandra Martins Cavalranti

1982-85 Minister of Education Profa. Esther De Figueiredo Ferraz

1987-90 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Government Affairs (Maria) Zelia Frota Bregerra de Oliviera (1945-)

1987 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Welfare and Social Secretary Delie Guerra de Macedo
1988 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Agrarian Reform in Ministry of Agriculture

1986-90 Minister of Labour Dorothéa Fonesca Furquim Werneck
1990-93 Secretary of Economy in Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning
1995-96 Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism
(b. 1955-)

1990-91 Minister of Finance and Economy Zélia Maria Cardoso de Mello
Her full name is Zélia Maria Cardoso de Mello de Oliveira Paula. (b. 1953-)

1990-92 Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Margarida Maria Maia Procopio
(b. 1939-)

1991-92 Secretary of Infra-Structure Simá Freitas de Medeiros

1991-? Secretary and Vice-Minister of Social Affairs Flora Lys Spolidora

1993 Minister of Communication Djalma Bastos de Morais
(b. 1937- )

1993-94 Minister of Transport and Tourism Magarida Coimbra do Nasciemento

1993-94 Minister of Social Affairs Leonor Barreto Franco

1993 Secretary of Planning and Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance and Economy
1993 Minister of Planning Yêda Rorato Grusius

1993 Secretary and Vice-Minister for The Federal Administration Luzia Erundia de Suza
Leader of Partido Trabalhadores and Mayor of São Paulo 1988-93 in 1996 she was again candidate for the Mayorship.

1994- Secretary of Legislation in the Ministry of Justice Ivete Lund Viêgas
2002 Acting Minister of Justice

1994-95 Secretary for Elementary Education Ledja Austrilino Silva

1995 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Education and Sport Gilda Figueiredo Portugal Gourêa
1995 4 Times Acting Minister of Education and Sport
2000 Acting Minister of Education 
She is Subsecretary in the Ministry

1995-96 Acting Minister of Federal Administration and State Reform
1996-99 Secretary of Reform of the State in the Ministry of Federal Administration and State Reform
1999 Acting Minister of Science and Technology Angela Maria Santana Carvalho

1995-98 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Federal Administration and State Property Cláudia Maria Costin
1998 Acting Minister of Federal Administration and State Property
1998-2003 Secretary of Federal Administration and State Property (Budget and Management)

1995 Subsecretary of Culture Maria Delith Balaban
1995-99 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Culture

1995-96 Secretary of Environment, National Resources and The Amazonas Aspásia Basileiro Alcântara de Camargo

1995-99 Secretary of Evaluation in the Ministry of Science and Technology
1996, 1996, 1998 Acting Minister of Science and Technology Ubirajana Periera de Brito

Ca. 1997-2000 Secretary of National Justice in Ministry of Justice Dra. Sandra Graça Fonesca Araujo Valle

Ca. 1998-99 Secretary of Fundamental Education in Ministry of Education and Sport Iara Glória Areias Prado

Ca. 1998-99 Subsecretary of Special Education in Ministry of Education and Sport Marilene Ribeiro dos Santos

Ca. 1998-2003 Subsecretary of Fiscalization of Work in Ministry of Labour Ruth Beatriz Vasconcelos Vilela

1999-2003 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Social Assistance Wanda Engel Aduan

1999-2000  Secretary and Vice-Minister of Sport and Tourism Maria Teresa Bonatto de Castro

1999-2003 Secretaryof Culture Maria Emília Rocha Mello de Azevedo

1999-2003 Secretary of International Economy and Integration Ana María Solares

2000-03 Secretary of External Commerce in Ministry of Development, Industry and External Trade Lytha Spíndola

2000-03 Secretary of Justice Elizabeth Sussekind

2000-03 Secretary of Coordination of the Amazonas in Ministry of Environment Mary Helena Allegretti

2000-03 Secretary of Labour Relations Maria Lucia Di Iório Andrade

2000-03 Secretary of Labour Inspection Vera Olímpia Gonçalves

2000-03 Subsecretary of Transport for Planning Leônia Franco Vilela

2000-03 Subsecretary for Planning and Administration in Ministry of Environment Ana Flávia de Sena Franco

2000-03 Assistant Subsecretary of Planning and Administration Maria Pedrinha de Barros

2000-03 Assistant Subsecretary of International Affairs in the Ministry of Planning and Administration Patrícia Góes Bakaj

2001-03 Minister of State by the Presidency and National Ombudsman Anadyr de Mendonça Rodrigues
She was Member of the government of the Federal District 1961-72, State Prosecutor 1972-2000, and Deputy State Prosecutor General 2000-2001 and Acting General Advocate of the Union. (b. 1935-).

2002 Secretary and Acting Minister of National Integration 
2002 Minister of National Integration Mary Dayse Kinzo

2002 Acting Minister of Education Maria Helena Guimarães de Castro

2002-03 Secretary of Environment Mônica Maria Libório Feitosa de Araüjo

2002 Acting Special Secretary of Urban Development Mirna Quinderé Belmino Chaves

2003- Minister of Environment Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima
Normally known as Marina Silva, she was elected Senator in 1994. (b. 1958-).

2003-05 Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff
2005- Minister and Secretary General of the Presidential Staff (Cabinet Chief)
She is a former student leader who fought Brazil's military dictatorship as a guerrilla during the early 1970s and an economist. Secretary of Mines, Energy and Communication of Rio Grande do Sul 1993-94 and 1999-2002. (b. 1947-).

2003 Minister of Social Development and Assistance Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio
Benedita da Silva is a former MP and Senator, and was Vice-Governor of Rio de Janeiro 1996-2002 and its Governor April-December 2002. (b. 1942-).

2003-04 Cabinet Member and Secretary of Women's Affairs Emilia Therezinha Xavier Fernandes
In 1996-98 she was the first female member of the Presidium of the Senate ever. Emilia Fernandes is also former Vice-President of the Gropo Parlamentar Brasil-Republica Popular e Democratica da Coriea. (b. 1949-)

2003- Secretary and Vice-Minister of Cities Ermínia Terezinha Menon Maricato
2003-04 Acting Minister of Cities
She was Secretary of Housing of São Paulo during Luiza Erundina's tenure as mayor. (b. 1947-)

2003-06 Secretary for the Promotion of Racial Equality Mathilde Ribeiro

2003- Secretary of Labour and Employment Sandra Meira Starling
2003 Acting Minister of Labour and Employment

2003- Secretary of the Council of Economic and Social Development in the Ministry of Labour
2003-04 Acting Minister of Labour and Employment Eva Maria Cella dal Chiavon
(b.  1960-)

2003- Secretary of Environmental Quality and Human Assets in the Ministry of Environment Marijane Vieira Lisboa

2003- Secretary of Labour and Education in the Ministry of Health Maria Luiza Jaeger

2003- National Secretary of Justice Cláudia Maria de Freitas Chagas

2003- Secretary of the Labour Inspectorate in the Ministry of Labour and Employment Ruth Beatriz de Vasconcelos Vilela

2003- Deputy Secretary of  Economic Solidarity in Ministry of Labour and Employment Sônia Maria Portella Kruppa

2003- Deputy Secretary of Planning and Strategic Investments in the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management Beatrice Kassar do Valle

2003- Subsecretary of Finance Gildenora Batista Dantas Milhomem

2003-06 Vice-Minister of Special Secretary for the Policy for Women Maria Laura Sales Pinheiro

2004, 2005 and 2006 Acting Minister of Tourism Maria Luisa Campos Machado Leal

2004- Minister of the Secretariat of Women's Affairs Nilcéa Freire

2004 Secretary and Vice-Minister of Social Development and Fight Ana Maria Medeiros ad Fonseca,

2004-05 Acting Minister of Social Development and Fight Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes
2006- Secretary and Vice-Minister of Social Development and Fight

2004- Subsecretary of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs Vera Pedrosa Martins de Almeida
Ambassador to the Netherlands ca. 1998-2001 and to Denmark 2001-04 and Lithuania 2003-04. (b. 1934-)

2006- Deputy Secretary for the Promotion of Racial Equality Maria do Carmo Ferreira da Silva
 
2006- Secretary and Vice-Minister of National Integration Silvana Maria Parente Neiva Santos

2006- Secretary of Special Education Cláudia Pereira Dutra

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