Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship

Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship
Portuguese: Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e Cidadania
Agency overview
Formed	17 April 1997
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A; Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$576.4 m BRL (2023)
Agency executives	Silvio Almeida, Minister; Rita Cristina de Oliveira, Executive-Secretary; Bruno Teixeira, Secretary of Promotion and Defense of Human Rights; Anna Paula Feminella, Secretary of People with Disabilities Rights; Symmy Larrat, Secretary of LGBTQIA+ People Rights; Alexandre da Silva, Secretary of Elderly People Rights; Cláudio Vieira da Silva, Secretary of Children and Teenagers Rights;
Website	www.gov.br/mdh/

The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC), former Ministry of Woman, Family and Human Rights (2019–2022) and Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic (1997–2015) is an office attached to the Presidency of Brazil. Its purpose is to implement, promote, and protect human rights, civic rights, and the rights of children, adolescents, women, families, the elderly, and the disabled.

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