The
Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (, abbreviated
MDS) is a
cabinet-level
federal ministry in
Brazil. It was established in 2004 from the merger of the Special Ministry of Food and Nutritional Security, the Ministry of Social Assistance, and the Executive Secretariat of the Interministerial Manager Council of
Bolsa Família. It administers
Bolsa Família, the National Social Assistance Fund (SANF), Industry Social Service (SESI),
Commerce Social Service (SESC), and Transport Social Service (SEST). The current Minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger is Tereza Campello.