Ricardo Garcia Cappelli (born 11 February 1972) is a Brazilian journalist and politician.

He was appointed the Executive Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security on 1 January 2023,[1] and additionally the Federal Intervenor in the Secretariat for Public Security of the Federal District on 8 January 2023.

[2] On 8 January 2023, he was named Federal Intervenor to the Secretariat for Public Security of the Federal District by the newly inaugurated President Lula da Silva, in the light of the invasion of the Praça dos Três Poderes government buildings by supporters of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.

[5][6] On 19 April 2023, he was named interim head and, at the same time, Executive-Secretary of the Institutional Security Bureau after the resignation of generals Gonçalves Dias and Ricardo Nigri.

[11] On 3 May, Cappelli returned to his position as Executive Secretary following the appointment of General Amaro as Chief of the Security Cabinet.