Júlio Sarmento da Costa

Júlio Sarmento da Costa (born 20 July 1959), also known by his nom de guerre Meta Mali, is an East Timorese politician and a member of the Democratic Party (PD). He is the incumbent Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants, serving since May 2020 under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Taur Matan Ruak. Previously, between August 2012 and February 2015, he was Secretary of State for the Combatants for National Liberation Affairs, and in 2017–2018 he was a Member of the National Parliament.

Júlio Sarmento da Costa
Costa in 2020
Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants
Assumed office
29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byOffice re-established
Member of the National Parliament
In office
2017 (2017) – 2018 (2018)
Secretary of State for the Combatants for National Liberation Affairs
In office
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) – 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded byMário Nicolau dos Reis
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1959-07-20) 20 July 1959
Horai-Quic, Ainaro
Portuguese Timor
(now East Timor)
Political partyDemocratic Party

Political career

In the 2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Costa was nominated in the unwinnable 22nd place on the PD list, and was not elected.[1]

In the 2012 parliamentary election, Costa was in 13th place on the list and narrowly missed out on a Parliamentary seat, despite the waivers of some of those who had been higher in the list.[2] In any case, he would have had to forego any such seat, as on 8 August 2012 he was sworn in as Secretary of State for the Combatants for National Liberation Affairs in the V Constitutional Government, headed by Xanana Gusmão.[3][4] On 16 February 2015, his tenure in that position came to an end due to a government reshuffle.[5]

In the 2017 parliamentary election, Costa was placed in 8th position on the PD list. Although the PD won only seven seats, one of its candidates, António da Conceição renounced his seat, and Costa succeeded him. On 6 September 2017, the second day of the ensuing Parliamentary session, Costa was elected a First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.[6][7] During that session, he was also a member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security (Committee B).[8] In the 2018 parliamentary election, Costa was in list position 7, and again missed direct entry into Parliament, as the PD won only 5 seats.[9]

On 29 May 2020, as part of a restructuring of the VIII Constitutional Government, Costa was sworn in as Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants in that government.[10][11][12]

Honours
  • Nicolau Lobato Order, Timor-Leste (First Grade, for more than eight years' participation in the independence movement)[13]

References
  1. "Lista de Candidatos Partido Democratico (PD) ba eleicoes parlamentares 2007-2012" [List of Democratic Party (PD) candidates for the 2007-2012 Parliamentary elections]. Democratic Party (in Tetum). 25 May 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "Lista kanditatura Partido Democratico (PD) Ba Eleisaun Parlamentar 07 Jullu 2012" [List of candidates Democratic Party (PD) for the Parliamentary election 07 Jullu 2012] (in Tetum). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. "Swearing in of the V Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. "V Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. "VI Constitutional Government is sworn-in". Government of Timor-Leste. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. Chatarina, Julia (6 September 2017). "PD-KHUNTO Okupa Kargu Vise Prezidente PN". Tatoli website (in Tetum). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. Chatarina, Julia (7 September 2017). "Membru Governu Jestaun Husu Substituisaun iha PN". Tatoli website (in Tetum). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. "Comissão de Negócios Estrangeiros, Defesa e Segurança" [Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security]. National Parliament of East Timor (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. "AVISO LISTA DEFINITIVA DE CANDIDATURAS ELEIÇÃO PARLAMENTAR 12 de Maio de 2018" [NOTICE DEFINITIVE LIST OF CANDIDATES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 12 May 2018] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  10. Colo, Cipriano (29 May 2020). "Eight New Members Sworn into TL Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. "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.
  13. "Decreto do Presidente da República Número 54/2006 de 17 de Novembro de 2006" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 1 (22): 1612–1614. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

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