The Ministry of Culture of Brazil (, MinC) is a

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-level federal ministry created in 1985, in the first month of president's

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government, dissolved by

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in 2019 and reinstated by

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in 2023.

Dissolution and reinstatement

In April 1990, it was dissolved by president

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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

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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

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. 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

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in Rio de Janeiro, and National Foundation of the Arts (FUNARTE) offices in Belo Horizonte, Brasília and São Paulo. Artists such as the singer

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and

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participated in the protests. The Ministry of Culture was reinstated by the Temer government on 23 May 2016, dissolved by

in his first day of presidency and reinstated by the Lula administration in 2023.

Structure

Secretariats and departments

* Secretariat of Citizenship and Cultural Diversity * Secretariat of the Culture Committees * Copyright and Intellectual Property Office * Secretariat of Creative Economy and Cultural Promotion * Secretariat of Education, Books and Reading * Audiovisual Secretariat

Foundations

* Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation (FCRB) *

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(FCP) * National Arts Foundation (Funarte) * National Library Foundation (BN) * Brazilian Center for Educational Television Foundation (FUNTEVE)

Local authorities

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(IPHAN) * National Cinema Agency (Ancine) * Brazilian Institute of Museums (IBRAM)

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

References

External links

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