Francisco Jerónimo

Francisco Martins da Costa Pereira Jerónimo (born 18 April 1963) is an East Timorese politician and academic, and a member of the Fretilin political party. He is the incumbent Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication, serving since May 2020 under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Taur Matan Ruak. Previously, he was a Member of the National Parliament of East Timor.

Francisco Jerónimo
Jerónimo in 2020
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication
Assumed office
29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byFidelis Leite Magalhães
Member of the National Parliament
In office
2001–2012
Personal details
Born (1963-04-18) 18 April 1963
Uatucarbau,
Portuguese Timor
(now East Timor)
Political partyFretilin

Early life and career

Jerónimo has a degree in Education and is a Professor.[1]

Political career

In 2001, Jerónimo was elected from 13th place on Fretilin's list of candidates to the Constituent Assembly of East Timor, from which the National Parliament emerged in 2002.[2]In the Constituent Assembly, he spoke out against including a definition of the age group of children within the national constitution, and argued that it be specified in legislation. The definition was not included in the constitution.[3] In the National Parliament, Jerónimo was Vice President of the Committee for the Eradication of Poverty, Rural and Regional Development and Gender Equality (Committee E).[4]

In the 2007 Parliamentary election, Jerónimo was re-elected from 21st place on the FRETILIN list.[5] During the subsequent legislative period, he was a member of the Committee for Health, Education and Culture (Committee F).[1] In the 2012 parliamentary election, Jerónimo did not stand as a candidate.[6]

As of 2009, Jerónimo was a member of the National AIDS Commission of East Timor.[7] From 2016 to 2020, he was Consul General of East Timor in Kupang, Indonesia.[8][9] In February 2018, he was elected as the new President of the East Timor Football Federation (Portuguese: Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste (FFTL)), the governing body of football in East Timor.[10]

On 29 May 2020, following a change in the governing coalition, and the admission of Fretilin to the VIII Constitutional Government, Jerónimo was sworn in as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication.[11][12][13]

References
  1. "[Profile] Francisco Martins da Costa P. Jerónimo". National Parliament of East Timor (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "LISTA ALFABÉTICA DOS DEPUTADOS". National Parliament of East Timor. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. Devereux, Annemarie (2015). Timor-Leste's Bill of Rights: A Preliminary History. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. ISBN 9781925022384.
  4. "Comissão E" [Committee E]. National Parliament of East Timor (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. "[List of the candidates for the 2007 Parliamentary election]" (PDF) (in Tetum). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. Compendium of the 2012 Elections in Timor-Leste: As of 21 June 2012 (PDF). Dili: UNMIT and UNDP. 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. Crook, Matt (12 December 2009). "East Timor's ticking AIDS timebomb". AFP. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. "Konsul Timor Leste Beri Kuliah Umum di Stipas Kupang. Ingatkan soal Madu dan Racun. Maksudnya?" [Timor Leste Consul Gives Public Lecture at Stipas Kupang. Remind you about Honey and Poison. The meaning?]. Pos-Kupang.com (in Indonesian). 10 March 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. Canra, Liza (24 November 2016). "Konsul Baru Timor Leste Bertemu Gubernur NTT" [Timor Leste New Consul Meets the Governor of NTT]. lintasntt.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. "Francisco Jeronimo eleitu ba prezidente FFTL" [Francisco Jeronimo elected as President of FFTL]. The Timor News (in Tetum). 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. Colo, Cipriano (29 May 2020). "Eight New Members Sworn into TL Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  13. "Timor-Leste's Eighth Constitutional Government (updated 17 July 2020)". La'o Hamutuk website. La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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