Public management reform in Brazil (2002-2019)

Since the end of the military period ahead of the Brazilian government in 1985, Brazil has had eight presidents swinging from lefts- and right-wing political orientations. The political direction turned from the right (Sarney and Collor 1985-1992) to the centre (Fernando Henrique 1994-2002) to the left (Lula and Dilma 2003-2016), and back to the right (Bolsonaro 2019-). Despite political orientation differences, all of them made (Bolsonaro is still making) some administrative reforms. In this paper, we present a historical line of such changes and the impact upon public management theory.