Gustavo Canuto

Brazilian engineer and politician

Gustavo Canuto


Minister of Regional Development
In office 1 January 2019 – 6 February 2020
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Pádua Andrade (as Minister of National Integration) Alexandre Baldy (as Minister of Cities)
Succeeded by	Rogério Marinho

Personal details
Born	Gustavo Henrique Rigodanzo Canuto (1978-07-04) 4 July 1978 (age 45) Paranavaí, Paraná, Brazil
Alma mater	University of Campinas (B.E.) Brasília University Center (LL.B.)

Gustavo Henrique Rigodanzo Canuto (4 July 1978) is a Brazilian engineer and politician, former Minister of Regional Development.

Biography

Born in the state of Paraná, in the city of Paranavaí, son of Sebastião and Anizia Canuto,^[1] Canuto is graduated in Computer Engineering at University of Campinas (Unicamp) and in Laws at Brasilia University Center (UniCEUB). The minister is also a government employee as Specialist in Public Politics and Government Management. Between 2015 and 2017, he was Chief of Staff of the Minister of National Integration.^[2] Besides that, he also worked at Secretariats of Civil Aviation and General Secretariat of the Presidency, besides Civil Aviation National Agency.^[3] Appointed on 28 November 2018 by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro,^[4] Gustavo Canuto took office as Minister of Regional Development after the president was sworn in.

Minister

Heading the Ministry of Regional Development, administrating a budget between R$ 6 and 8 billion (between US$ 1,642,126,005.8 and US$ 2,189,501,341.07),^[5] Canuto pronounced support the union of the Ministries of National Integration and Cities. The minister, who is not member of any party, had assumed a technical and dialogical position in the leading of questions about the Ministry.^[6] Besides being less known, the politician had worked, specially, with Governors and Mayors of the Northeast region, aiming the structural and urban development of the locations, as well as the reduction of regional inequality.^[7]

After the first months of Bolsonaro administration, it was announced in the beginning of May the return of the two Ministries fused that originated the Ministry of Regional Development, due to the overload of the demands over the Ministry and the partisan pressure over the government.^[8]^[9] With that, Gustavo Canuto had his name confirmed for the Ministry of National Integration, facing internal resistance due to the expectative of the Congress about the appointing of a new leader for the Ministry by the Federal Senate.^[10] The measure of dismembering was put as an act of building of the parliamentary base of the President, aiming the support for the administrative and social security reforms.^[11] After days of negotiation, the current Ministry was kept due to the approval of Provisional Measure 870/2019 by the Senate and the sanction of Bolsonaro.^[12]

References

^ "Natural de Paranavaí, Gustavo Canuto vai compor governo de Jair Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Ferrari, Hamilton; Valença, Lucas (28 November 2018). "Gustavo Henrique Canuto será ministro do Desenvolvimento Regional" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Mazui, Guilherme (28 November 2018). "Desenvolvimento Regional terá servidor Gustavo Canuto como ministro, anuncia Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Caleiro, João Pedro (28 November 2018). "Gustavo Canuto chefiará novo ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional" (in Portuguese). Exame. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Amaral, Luciana (28 November 2018). "Bolsonaro indica Gustavo Canuto para Ministério de Desenvolvimento Regional" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Cesarotti, Fernando (19 March 2019). "Gustavo Canuto: um ilustre desconhecido tenta deixa o Brasil menos desigual" (in Portuguese). Vice. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Melo, Jamildo (24 May 2019). "Gustavo Canuto diz que Bolsonaro 'pensa além do mandato', com projeto para o Nordeste" (in Portuguese). NE10. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Camarotti, Gerson (7 May 2019). "Para garantir Coaf na Justiça, parlamentares cobram ampliação do número de ministérios" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Brito, Ricardo; Marcello, Maria Carolina (7 May 2019). "Bolsonaro cede e aceita recriar ministérios das Cidades e Integração" (in Portuguese). Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "Líder diz que governo decidiu dividir Desenvolvimento Regional em dois ministérios" (in Portuguese). G1. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Di Cunto, Raphael (8 May 2019). "Líder do PSL diz que dividir ministério em dois ajuda a construir base" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Borges Delfim, Rodrigo (22 May 2019). "Entenda o que é a travada e polêmica MP da reforma administrativa de Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Pádua Andrade as Minister of National Integration	Minister of Regional Development 2019–2020	Succeeded by Rogério Marinho
Preceded by Alexandre Baldy as Minister of Cities	Minister of Regional Development 2019–2020	Succeeded by Rogério Marinho

Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

Cabinet
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina (2019–2022) Mauro Montes (2022)
Minister of Citizenship	Osmar Terra (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2020–2021) João Roma (2021–2022) Ronaldo Bento (2022)
Minister of Communications	Fábio Faria (2020–2022)
Minister of Defence	Fernando Azevedo e Silva (2019–2021) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2021–2022) Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Economics	Paulo Guedes (2019–2022)
Minister of Education	Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (2019) Abraham Weintraub (2019–2020) Milton Ribeiro (2020–2022) Victor Godoy (2022)
Minister of the Environment	Ricardo Salles (2019–2021) Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite (2021–2022)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ernesto Araújo (2019–2021) Carlos Alberto França (2021–2022)
Minister of Health	Luiz Henrique Mandetta (2019–2020) Nelson Teich (2020) Eduardo Pazuello (2020–2021) Marcelo Queiroga (2021–2022)
Minister of Infrastructure	Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (2019–2022) Marcelo Sampaio (2022)
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Sérgio Moro (2019–2020) André Mendonça (2020–2021) Anderson Torres (2021–2022)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Onyx Lorenzoni (2021–2022) José Carlos Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Bento Costa Lima (2019–2022) Adolfo Sachsida (2022)
Minister of Regional Development	Gustavo Canuto (2019–2020) Rogério Marinho (2020–2022) Daniel de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Marcos Pontes (2019–2022) Paulo Alvim (2022)
Minister of Tourism	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (2019–20) Gilson Machado (2020–2022) Carlos Brito (2022)
Minister of Women, Families and Human Rights	Damares Alves (2019–2022) Cristiane Britto (2022)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Hamilton Mourão (2019–2022)
Chief of Staff	Onyx Lorenzoni (2019–2020) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2020–2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021) Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (2021–2022)
Attorney General	André Mendonça (2019–2020) José Levi do Amaral (2020–2021) André Mendonça (2021–21) Bruno Bianco (2021–2022)
Comptroller General	Wagner de Campos Rosário (2019–2022)
Secretary of Government	Santos Cruz (2019) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2019–2021) Flávia Arruda (2021–2022) Célio Faria Júnior (2022)
Secretary of Institutional Security	Augusto Heleno (2019–2022)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gustavo Bebianno (2019) Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto (2019) Jorge Oliveira (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021–2022)