VI Constitutional Government of East Timor
East Timorese cabinet led by Rui Maria de Araújo
- Taur Matan Ruak
- (16 February 2015 – 20 May 2017)
- Francisco Guterres
- (20 May 2017 – 15 September 2017)
- 1 Prime Minister
- 16 other Ministers
- 11 Vice Ministers
- 9 Secretaries of State
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The VI Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VI Governu Konstitusionál) was the sixth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 16 February 2015,[1] it was led by the country's sixth Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araújo,[1] and was replaced by the VII Constitutional Government on 15 September 2017.[2]
Composition
The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:[3]
Ministers
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo | ![]() | ||
CNRT | Ágio Pereira | ![]() |
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PD | Fernando La Sama de Araújo | ![]() |
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Fretilin | Estanislau da Silva | ![]() |
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CNRT | Dionísio Babo Soares | ![]() |
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Fretilin | Hernâni Coelho | ![]() |
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Santina Cardoso | ![]() |
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CNRT | Ivo Valente [de] | ![]() |
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CNRT | Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa | ![]() |
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Isabel Amaral Guterres [de] | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | António da Conceição | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | Constâncio da Conceição Pinto [de] | ![]() |
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CNRT | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | Gastão Francisco de Sousa [de] | ![]() |
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CNRT | Alfredo Pires | ![]() |
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CNRT | Cirilo Cristóvão | ![]() |
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Independent | Longuinhos Monteiro | ![]() |
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CNRT | Xanana Gusmão | ![]() |
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Vice Ministers
Party | Vice Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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CNRT | Dulce de Jesus Soares | ![]() |
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FM | Abel da Costa Ximenes | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | Marcos da Cruz | ![]() |
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CNRT | Tomás do Rosário Cabral | ![]() |
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Independent | Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares | ![]() |
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Independent | Hélder Lopes | ![]() |
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Independent | Ana Isabel Soares [de] | ![]() |
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CNRT | Miguel Marques Manetelu | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | Constâncio da Conceição Pinto [de] | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | Filipus Nino Pereira | ![]() |
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CNRT | Januário da Costa Pereira | ![]() |
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Fretilin | Inácio Moreira | ![]() |
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Secretaries of State
Party | Secretary of State | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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PST | Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva | ![]() |
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CNRT | Maria Terezinha Viegas | ![]() |
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CNRT | Nélio Isaac Sarmento | ![]() |
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CNRT | Veneranda Lemos Martins [de] | ![]() |
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Independent | Leovigildo Hornay | ![]() |
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CNRT | Ilídio Ximenes da Costa | ![]() |
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PD (to 2016) | Samuel Mendonça | ![]() |
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CNRT | Jaime Xavier Lopes | ![]() |
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CNRT | Maria Isabel Ximenes [de] | ![]() |
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References
Notes
- ^ a b "VI Constitutional Government is sworn-in". Government of Timor-Leste. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "VII Governo constitucional de Timor-Leste toma hoje posse incompleto" [VII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste takes incomplete possession today]. Sapo.pt (in Portuguese). 15 September 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "VI Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Damien (28 April 2017). "Timor-Leste's worrying economic future". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ————————— (5 August 2017). "Political alliance collapses in Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- Leach, Michael (18 February 2015). "Generational change in Timor-Leste". Inside Story. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- Murdoch, Lindsay (23 March 2017). "Tough times continue for people of East Timor". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- Russell, Terry (2 April 2015). "Decentralisation and rural development in Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- Strating, Bec (4 June 2016). "Unravelling Timor-Leste's Greater Sunrise strategy". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- —————— (28 January 2017). "Timor-Leste's maritime ambitions risk all". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links
- Program of the Sixth Constitutional Government – Government of East Timor