Milton Ribeiro (born 14 March 1958) is a Brazilian protestant pastor, lawyer, theologian, professor and former Minister of Education of Brazil.

[1][2] Ribeiro graduated in Theology at the Southern Presbyterian Seminary (1981) and in Laws at the Toledo Institution of Education, current Bauru University Center (1990).

[6] After an audio leak which indicated a supposed corruption scheme of favouring cities with education money linked to Pastor's negotiations and bribes, he left the government on March 28, 2022.

[8] In 2018, Ribeiro stated that existentialism was being taught in universities, and that it was incentivizing students to have sexual intercourse disregarding who the partner is:[9] Para contribuir ainda mais em termos negativos para uma prática totalmente sem limites do sexo veio a questão filosófica do existencialismo, em que o momento é que importa.

E isso foi trazendo muitas dificuldades porque agora a gravidez indesejada não é mais um risco The world has been losing reference of what's right and what's wrong in terms of sexual conduct.

And that has been bringing a lot of trouble because now unwanted pregnancy isn't a risk anymore During his sermon "The Stick of Discipline" (Portuguese: A Vara da Disciplina), delivered at a Presbyterian temple in April 2016, Ribeiro argued in favor of physical punishment during a child's education.

[13] On 16 July 2020, during Ribeiro's speech while taking office, he stated, "I have never spoken of physical violence during school education and I will never defend such practices, which are part of a past we don't want to go back to".