VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor

The VIII Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the eighth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 22 June 2018, and restructured in mid-2020, it is led by the country's seventh Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak.

VIII Constitutional Government

VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor
Incumbent
Date formed22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)
People and organisations
PresidentFrancisco Guterres
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
No. of ministers
  • 22 June 2018–12 May 2020:
  • 1 Prime Minister
  • 11 other Ministers
  • 7 Vice Ministers
  • 10 Secretaries of State
  • 24 June 2020–present:
  • 1 Prime Minister
  • 2 Deputy Prime Ministers
  • 17 other Ministers
  • 12 Deputy Ministers
  • 11 Secretaries of State
Member parties
  • 22 June 2018–25 May 2020:
  • Alliance for Change and Progress
  • (CNRT–PLP–KHUNTO)
  • 24 June 2020–present:
  • Fretilin–PLP–KHUNTO–PD
Status in legislature
  • 22 June 2018–17 January 2020:
  • Majority
    34 / 65 (52%)
  • 24 June 2020–present:
  • Majority
    41 / 65 (63%)
History
Election(s)2018
PredecessorVII Constitutional Government

Initial (AMP) composition (22 June 2018–24 June 2020)
The Government at its swearing in

Initially, the VIII Constitutional Government was drawn from and supported by a coalition known as the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), which was made up of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the People's Liberation Party (PLP) and Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO).[1]

The officials appointed to form the government as from 22 June 2018 were:[2][3]

Ministers
Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
PLP Taur Matan Ruak
CNRT Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira
  • Minister of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
    (22 June 2018 – 12 May 2020)[4][5]
PLP Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães
  • Minister for Legislative Reform and Parliamentary Affairs
CNRT Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
    (22 June 2018 – 25 May 2020)[5]
Independent Manuel Cárceres da Costa
  • Minister of Justice
CNRT Dulce de Jesus Soares
  • Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
    (22 June 2018 – 25 May 2020)[5]
PLP Longuinhos dos Santos
  • Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture
KHUNTO Armanda Berta dos Santos
  • Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
Independent Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires
  • Minister of Public Works
KHUNTO José Agustinho da Silva
  • Minister of Transport and Communications
KHUNTO Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins
  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Independent Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus
  • Minister for Defence

Vice Ministers
Party Vice Minister Portrait Portfolio
CNRT Sara Lobo Brites
  • Vice Minister of Finance
CNRT Abílio José Caetano
  • Vice Minister of State Administration
    (22 June 2018 – 25 May 2020)[5]
CNRT Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral
  • Vice Minister of Health
    (22 June 2018 – 3 April 2020)[6]
PLP Bonifácio dos Reis
  • Vice Minister of Health
KHUNTO João Zacarias Freitas Soares
  • Vice Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
PLP Signi Verdial
  • Vice Minister for Social Solidarity
KHUNTO Nicolau Lino Freitas Belo
  • Vice Minister of Public Works

Secretaries of State
Party Secretary of State Portrait Portfolio
KHUNTO Julião da Silva
  • Secretary of State of Vocational Training and Employment
CNRT Arsénio Pereira da Silva
  • Secretary of State for Cooperatives
    (22 June 2018 – 25 May 2020)[5]
PLP Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho
  • Secretary of State for the Environment
PLP Merício Juvenal dos Reis Akara
  • Secretary of State for Social Communications
KHUNTO Mário Ximenes
  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
CNRT Nélio Isaac Sarmento
  • Secretary of State for Youth and Sport
    (22 June 2018 – 25 May 2020)[5]
PLP Teófilo Caldas
  • Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
KHUNTO Gil da Costa Monteiro Oan Soru
  • Secretary of State for the Affairs of Combatants of National Liberation
Independent Alexandrino de Araújo
  • Secretary of State for Civil Protection
PLP Maria José da Fonseca Monteiro de Jesus
  • Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion

Restructured composition (24 June 2020–present)
The restructured government, 24 June 2020

Following the breakdown of the AMP coalition during the first few months of 2020, the government was restructured on 12 May 2020,[4][5] new officials were appointed on 29 May[7][8] and 24 June 2020.[9]

Since then, the Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Secretaries of State in the government have been:[10][11]

Ministers
Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
PLP Taur Matan Ruak
KHUNTO Armanda Berta dos Santos
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
Fretilin José Maria dos Reis
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Minister of Planning and Territory
PLP Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães
  • Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Fretilin Joaquim Amaral
  • Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs
Fretilin Francisco Martins da Costa Pereira Jerónimo
  • Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication
Fretilin Fernando Hanjam
  • Minister of Finance
    (29 May 2020 – 5 November 2020)[12]
Independent Rui Augusto Gomes
  • Minister of Finance
    (23 November 2020 – present)[12]
Fretilin Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
PLP Manuel Cárceres da Costa
  • Minister of Justice
Fretilin Miguel Pereira de Carvalho
  • Minister of State Administration
Fretilin Odete Maria Freitas Belo
  • Minister of Health
Fretilin Armindo Maia
  • Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
PLP Longuinhos dos Santos
  • Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture
PD Júlio Sarmento da Costa "Meta Mali"
  • Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants
PLP Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires
  • Minister of Public Works
KHUNTO José Agustinho da Silva
  • Minister of Transport and Communications
Fretilin José Lucas do Carmo da Silva
  • Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry
KHUNTO Pedro dos Reis
  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Independent Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus
  • Minister for Defence
Fretilin Víctor da Conceição Soares
  • Minister of Petroleum and Minerals

Deputy Ministers
Party Deputy Minister Portrait Portfolio
Independent Sara Lobo Brites
  • Deputy Minister of Finance
KHUNTO Julião da Silva
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
KHUNTO José Edmundo Caetano
  • Deputy Minister of Justice
Fretilin Lino de Jesus Torrezão
  • Deputy Minister of State Administration
PLP Bonifácio Maucoli dos Reis
  • Deputy Minister of Health
KHUNTO António Guterres
  • Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
PLP Signi Chandrawati Verdial
  • Deputy Minister of Social Solidarity
KHUNTO Nicolau Lino Freitas Belo
  • Deputy Minister of Public Works
Fretilin Inácia da Conceição Teixeira
  • Deputy Minister of Community and Cultural Tourism
Fretilin Domingos Lopes Antunes
  • Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
KHUNTO Abílio Xavier de Araújo
  • Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
KHUNTO António Armindo
  • Deputy Minister of the Interior

Secretaries of State
Party Secretary of State Portrait Portfolio
KHUNTO Alarico de Rosário
  • Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment
Fretilin Elizário Ferreira
  • Secretary of State for Cooperatives
PLP Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho
  • Secretary of State for the Environment
PLP Merício Juvenal dos Reis "Akara"
  • Secretary of State for Communications
KHUNTO Mário Ximenes
  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
Fretilin Abrão Saldanha
  • Secretary of State for Youth and Sport
PLP Teófilo Caldas
  • Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
KHUNTO Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru"
  • Secretary of State for the Affairs of Combatants of National Liberation
KHUNTO Elídio de Araújo
  • Secretary of State for Fisheries
KHUNTO Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins
  • Secretary of State for Civil Protection
PLP Maria José da Fonseca Monteiro de Jesus
  • Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion

References

Notes
  1. Leach 2018a.
  2. "Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli" [First group of members of the VIII Timorese Government take office in Dili] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. "Transitional Ministerial Administration". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. Soares Martins, Evaristo (14 May 2020). "PM Taur Matan Ruak Gains Two Deputies in Government Restructure". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. Sanchez, Hortencio (25 May 2020). "Foreign Minister Dionísio Soares Among Five MPs to Resign From Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. Ximenes, Florencio Miranda; Gusmão, Antónia (6 April 2020). "'I lost my Trust in her': PM Taur Explains Élia Amaral Sacking". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. Colo, Cipriano (29 May 2020). "Eight New Members Sworn into TL Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  8. "Presidente timorense dá posse a oito novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in eight new members of the Government]. RTP News (in Portuguese). Lusa. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  10. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  11. "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.
  12. "Lú Olo swearing-in of the New Minister of Finance Rui Gomes". Tatoli website. Tatoli. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

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