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Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business
Portuguese: Ministério do Empreendedorismo, da Microempresa e da Empresa de Pequeno Porte
Agency overview
Formed	1 April 2013
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios; Brasília, Federal District
Agency executive	Márcio França, Minister;
Website	www.gov.br/memp

The Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business (Portuguese: Ministério do Empreendedorismo, da Microempresa e da Empresa de Pequeno Porte) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. It is an institution previously created in 2013 as the Secretariat of Micro and Small Business of the Presidency (Portuguese: Secretaria da Micro e Pequena Empresa da Presidência da República), a cabinet-level secretariat under the responsibility of the Presidency of the Republic from 2013 to 2015.^[1]^[2] It was dissolved after a ministry shuffle in October 2015.^[3] Since then, it became part of the Secretariat of Government of the Presidency, without a ministry status. On 1 January 2019, its functions were merged into the recently created Ministry of the Economy. On 13 September 2023, it was recreated as a ministry.^[4]

Ministers

No.	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office		President
1	Guilherme Afif Domingos (born 1943)	1 April 2013 (2013-04-01)	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	2 years, 184 days	PSD	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
2	Carlos Leony	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)	228 days	Independent	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
3	José Martins da Veiga	17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)	1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	2 years, 229 days	Independent	Michel Temer (MDB)
4	Márcio França (born 1963)	13 September 2023 (2023-09-13)	Incumbent	1 year, 114 days	PSB	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

References

^ "Decreto n° 8.579, de 26 de novembro de 2015". Palácio do Planalto (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 November 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ "Criação do 39º ministério, da Micro e Pequena Empresa, é oficializada". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ Matoso, Filipe; Alegretti, Laís; Passarinho, Nathalia (2 October 2015). "Dilma anuncia reforma com redução de 39 para 31 ministérios". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ "Quem é Márcio França, anunciado ministro das Micro e Pequenas Empresas". Jota (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.