Minister of the Interior (East Timor)
East Timorese government minister
- Ministro do Interior (Portuguese)
- Ministru Interiór (Tetum)
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Incumbent
Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]
since 1 July 2023Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]
- Minister
- (informal)
- His Excellency
- (formal, diplomatic)
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
- Alarico Fernandes
- (1975)
- Jean-Christian Cady [de]
- (2000)
The Minister of the Interior (Portuguese: Ministro do Interior, Tetum: Ministru Interiór) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of the Interior.
Functions
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of the Interior;
- to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]
Where the Minister is in charge of the subject matter of a government statute, the Minister is also required, together with the Prime Minister, to sign the statute.[1]
Incumbent
The incumbent Minister of the Interior is Francisco da Costa Guterres [de].[2][3]
List of ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fretilin | Alarico Fernandes | Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security | 1975 CoM (Lobato) | 1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | 16 days | ||
2 | United Nations | Jean-Christian Cady [de] | Minister for Police and Emergency Services | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) | 15 July 2000 | 20 September 2001 | 1 year, 67 days | ||
3 | Fretilin | Antoninho Bianco [de] | ![]() | Minister of Internal Administration | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 242 days | |
4 | Rogério Tiago Lobato | ![]() | Minister of Internal Administration (to 4 March 2003) Minister of Interior (from 6 March 2003) | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 1 June 2006 | 4 years, 12 days | ||
5 | Independent | Alcino Baris [de] | ![]() | Minister of Interior | II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | 1 year, 29 days | |
III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
6 | CNRT | Xanana Gusmão | ![]() | Minister of Defense | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 7 years, 192 days | |
Minister of Defence and Security | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||||
7 | Independent | Longuinhos Monteiro | ![]() | Minister of the Interior | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | |
8 | Fretilin | Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo | ![]() | Minister of Defence and Security | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 262 days | |
(acting) | Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus | ![]() | Minister of the Interior | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 24 June 2020 | 2 years, 2 days | |
9 | PLP | Taur Matan Ruak | ![]() | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) | 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 7 days | ||
10 | CNRT | Francisco da Costa Guterres [de] | ![]() | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 54 days |
References
- ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
External links
Media related to Ministers of the Interior of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministry of the Interior – official site
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- Prime Minister
- Presidency of the Council of Ministers
- Agriculture and Fisheries
- Defense
- Education, Youth and Sport
- Finance
- Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
- Health
- Higher Education, Science and Culture
- Interior
- Justice
- Petroleum and Minerals
- Planning and Territory
- Public Works
- Social Solidarity and Inclusion
- State Administration
- Tourism, Trade and Industry
- Transport and Communications
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- Presidency of the Council of Ministers
- Agriculture and Fisheries
- Defense
- Education, Youth and Sport
- Finance
- Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
- Health
- Higher Education, Science and Culture
- Interior
- Justice
- Petroleum and Minerals
- Planning and Territory
- Public Works
- Social Solidarity and Inclusion
- State Administration
- Tourism, Trade and Industry
- Transport and Communications