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Ministry Of Education (Brazil)
The Ministry of Education ( Portuguese: ''Ministério da Educação''), commonly known as MEC, originates from its previous name, the Ministry of Education and Culture (Portuguese: ''Ministério da Educação e Cultura''), is a cabinet-level federal ministry of Brazil. Its responsibilities include coordinating national education policies and managing daily affairs, covering from early childhood education to post-graduate levels. History of the institution Before 1930, matters related to education were the responsibility of the ''National Department of Education'' (), which was part of the Ministry of Justice at the time. In 1930, as Getúlio Vargas took office as president, the Ministry of Education and Public Health () was established, taking away education matters from the Ministry of Justice. In 1953, the ministry was split into two: the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Education and Culture (, with the acronym ''MEC'', which lasts to this day). In 1985, durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry (government Department)
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона", т. XIX (1896): Мекенен — Мифу-Баня, "Министерства", с. 351—357 :s:ru:ЭСБЕ/Министерства These types of organizations are usually led by a politician who is a member of a cabinet—a body of high-ranking government officials—who may use a title such as minister, secretary, or commissioner, and are typically staffed with members of a non-political civil service, who manage its operations; they may also oversee other government agencies and organizations as part of a political portfolio. Governments may have differing numbers and types of ministries and departments. In some countries, these terms may be used with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Health (Brazil)
The Ministry of Health ( Portuguese: ''Ministério da Saúde'') is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. Since March 2025, the Health Minister is Alexandre Padilha. History The first public health guidelines in the country were created by the monarchy in 1808. Despite this, the first Ministry with actions in the health area was created in 1930, during the government of Getúlio Vargas, under the name of Ministry of Education and Public Health (). In 1937 it was renamed Ministry of Education and Health. On 25 July 1953 it was defined as Ministry of Health. In 1956, linked to this ministry, the National Department of Rural Endemics emerged, with the purpose of carrying out the services to combat endemic diseases in the country, such as malaria, leishmaniasis, chagas disease, plague, brucellosis, yellow fever, among others. In the early 1960s, social inequality, marked by low income per capita and a high concentration of wealth, gained dimension in the discourse of healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nereu Ramos
Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (; 3 September 1888 – 16 June 1958) was a Brazilian political figure. He briefly served as interim president of Brazil in the aftermath of the political crisis which culminated in the suicide of President Getúlio Vargas and the impeachment of Deputy Carlos Luz and President Café Filho. Biography Political career Ramos was Vice President of the Republic between 1946 and 1951. The 1945 presidential elections were held for the office of president only, but the Constitution adopted on 18 September 1946 created the office of vice president, and established that the Constituent Assembly would choose the first vice president and swear him in, in the day following the promulgation of the Constitution. Nereu Ramos, until then a senator for Santa Catarina and a member of the Constituent Assembly, was elected vice president in that special election. In his capacity as Vice President of the Republic, Ramos served as President of the Senate. He served as the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abgar Renault
Abgar de Castro Araújo Renault (1901–1995) was a Brazilian professor, educator, politician, poet, essayist and translator. He was born in Barbacena in Minas Gerais on April 15, 1901. He was the son of Léon Renault and Maria José de Castro Renault. He attended school in Belo Horizonte, where he began teaching. He was a professor at the Ginásio Mineiro de Belo Horizonte, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and, in Rio de Janeiro, at Colégio Pedro II and at the University of the Federal District. He was elected state deputy for Minas Gerais, and rose to various important political and bureaucratic positions, both in state and federal governments. He was a well-known poet and translator. A contemporary of Carlos Drummond de Andrade, his poetic work is closely associated with the Modernist movement. He was also a highly regarded translator of English, American, French, Spanish and German poets, with special expertise in Shakespeare. He was the fifth occupant of Chair 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cândido Mota Filho
Cândido is a Portuguese masculine given name, equivalent of Spanish Cándido * Cândido de Oliveira (1896–1958), Portuguese football player * Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (1886–1948), Brazilian zoologist * Cândido José de Araújo Viana (1793–1875), Brazilian writer * Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), Brazilian military officer * José Cândido Carvalho (1914–1989), Brazilian writer * José Cândido da Silveira Avelar (1843–1905), Azorean historian See also * Candido * Cándido Cándido is a Spanish male given name, equivalent of Portuguese Cândido. Those with the name include: * Cándido Bareiro (1833–1880), President of Paraguay * Cándido Fabré, Cuban musician * Cándido López (1840–1902), Argentine painter and ... {{given name Portuguese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Filho
João Fernandes Campos Café Filho (; 3 February 1899 – 20 February 1970) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 18th president of Brazil, taking office upon the suicide of President Getúlio Vargas. He was the first Protestant to occupy the position. Biography Early life and career Café Filho was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 3 February 1899. He was the founder of the ''Jornal do Norte'' (1921), editor of the ''O Correio de Bezerros'' in the city of Bezerros, Pernambuco (1923), and director of the newspaper ''A Noite'' (1925), writing in the latter, articles in which he asked soldiers, corporals and young officers to refuse to fight the so-called " Coluna Prestes", which resulted in his conviction to three months in prison. He then escaped to Bahia in 1927, under the alias Senílson Pessoa Cavalcanti, but eventually returned to Natal, where he surrendered. In 1923, he ran unsuccessfully for councilman of Natal. He joined the Liberal Alliance, and was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Calmon
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pero". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro include: Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II of Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Eurico Gaspar Dutra (; 18 May 1883 – 11 June 1974) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who served as the 16th president of Brazil from 1946 to 1951. He was the first president of the Fourth Brazilian Republic, which followed the Vargas Era, Vargas Regime. Biography Dutra was born in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. He later falsified his birth year to 1885, at age 19, so that he would have a physical compatible with the age, in order to facilitate his entry into the Army. He studied at the Preparatory and Tactical School of Rio Grande do Sul (1902–1904) and at the Military Academy of Brazil (Military School of ‘’Praia Vermelha’’ in Rio de Janeiro) in 1904, of which he was expelled for taking part in an uprising that same year, related to the Vaccine Revolt, but pardoned, returned to school, now based in Realengo, completing the course in 1906. He was also a student of the School of War in Porto Alegre (1906), the School of Artillery and Engineering, where perfected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Linhares
José Linhares (; 28 January 1886 – 26 January 1957) was a Brazilian who briefly served as the interim president of Brazil in the final months of the Estado Novo. As President of the Supreme Federal Court, he was called by the Armed Forces to take over the Presidency following the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Campos (jurist)
Francisco Luiz da Silva Campos (18 November 18911 November 1968) was a Brazilian jurist, educator, legal scholar, politician, cabinet minister, supporter of Getúlio Vargas, and justice minister under Vargas's authoritarian Estado Novo government. Campos is best known as the author of the 1937 Constitution of Brazil. Early life and family The son of magistrate Jacinto Álvares da Silva Campos and Azejúlia de Sousa e Silva, Francisco Luiz da Silva Campos was born on 18 November 1891 in the town of Dores do Indaiá, Minas Gerais. Campos descended from Joaquina do Pompéu on his paternal side. Several prominent figures and families involved in Minas Gerais' politics in the 1930s were part of her lineage. He was married and had two children. Political career State deputy (1919–1921) Francisco Campos began his political career in 1919 after being included by Raul Soares, then Minas Gerais' Secretary of the Interior, in the Republican Party of Minas Gerais' (PRM) list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Sports (Brazil)
The Ministry of Sports () is a Cabinet of Brazil, cabinet-level federal government of Brazil, federal list of federal institutions of Brazil, ministry in Federative Republic of Brazil, Brazil. It was established in 1995 as the "Special Ministry of Sports"; in 1998, this became the "Ministry of Sports and Tourism". In 2003, the Ministry of Tourism (Brazil), Ministry of Tourism was separated from its portfolio. The cabinet was extinct by Jair Bolsonaro in 2019, folded into the Ministry of Citizenship (Brazil), Ministry of Citizenship, and was restored by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. The Ministry directs the National Institute of Sport Development. Ministers See also * Other ministry of Sports, ministries of Sport References External links * {{brazil-sport-stub Government ministries of Brazil, Sports Sports governing bodies in Brazil 1995 establishments in Brazil Sports ministries, Brazil Long stubs with short prose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (; born 18 June 1931), also known by his initials FHC (), is a Brazilian sociologist, professor, and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003. He was the first Brazilian president to be reelected for a subsequent term. An accomplished scholar of dependency theory noted for his research on slavery and political theory, Cardoso has earned many honors including the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (2000) and the Kluge Prize from the US Library of Congress (2012). Cardoso was inaugurated as president on January 1, 1995. He continued the economic reforms that had been initiated by the previous administration, inflation rates remained low, several state-owned companies were privatized, and market liberalization increased the country's visibility in the international market. The government succeeded in passing economic and administrative laws, including one that allowed for the ree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
