The Palmares Cultural Foundation () is a Brazilian state-owned non-governmental organization which promotes Afro-Brazilian culture.
The foundation is a Brazilian public entity linked to the Ministry of Culture, established by Federal Law No. 7,668, of August 22, 1988.
The entity had its Statute approved by Decree nº 418, of January 10, 1992, and its mission is to comply with the constitutional precepts of reinforcing citizenship, identity, action and memory of the ethnic segments of the groups forming Brazilian society, in addition to promoting the right of access to culture and the indispensable action of the State in preserving Afro-Brazilian manifestations.
Article 215 of the 1998 Federal Constitution ensures that the "State will guarantee to everyone the full exercise of cultural rights and access to the sources of national culture, and will support and encourage the appreciation and dissemination of popular, indigenous and Afro-Brazilian cultural manifestations, and other groups participating in the national civilizing process".
The foundation is the initial authority for designating Quilombola communities across Brazil, while the INCRA serves as the final authority for issuing land title to quilombola applicants.
Since 2005, the organization was awarded the Order of Rio Branco, granted by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Presidents NamePeriodPresidentCarlos Alves Moura1988 — 1991José SarneyAdão Ventura1991 — 1994Fernando Collor Itamar FrancoJoel Rufino dos Santos1994 — 1996Itamar Franco Fernando Henrique CardosoDulce Pereira1996 — 2000Fernando Henrique CardosoCarlos Alves Moura2000 — 2002Ubiratan Castro de Araújo2003 — 2007Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaZulu Araújo2007 — 2010Eloi Ferreira2011 — 2013Dilma RousseffHilton Cobra2013 — 2015Cida Abreu2015 — 2016Erivaldo Oliveira2016 — 2019Michel TemerVanderlei Lourenço2019Jair BolsonaroSérgio Nascimento de Camargo2019 — 2022Marco Antônio Evangelista da Silva substitute2022João Jorge Rodriguês2023 — currentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
See also
Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária List of quilombola territories List of quilombola communities in Brazil
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