VI Constitutional Government of East Timor

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]

VI Constitutional Government

VI Constitutional Government of East Timor
Date formed16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
Date dissolved15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
People and organisations
Presidents
Prime MinisterRui Maria de Araújo
No. of ministers
  • 1 Prime Minister
  • 16 other Ministers
  • 11 Vice Ministers
  • 9 Secretaries of State
Member partiesNational unity government
Status in legislatureNational unity
65 / 65 (100%)
History
Election(s)2012
PredecessorV Constitutional Government
SuccessorVII Constitutional Government

Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:[3]

Ministers
Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Fretilin Rui Maria de Araújo
CNRT Ágio Pereira
  • Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
PD Fernando La Sama de Araújo
  • Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education
    (16 February 2015 – 2 June 2015)
Fretilin Estanislau da Silva
  • Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
CNRT Dionísio Babo Soares
  • Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration
Fretilin Hernâni Coelho
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Santina Cardoso
  • Minister of Finance
CNRT Ivo Valente
  • Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment
CNRT Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa
  • Minister of Health
Isabel Amaral Guterres
  • Minister of Social Solidarity
PD
(to 2016)		 António da Conceição
  • Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
    (16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015)
  • Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education
    (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
PD
(to 2016)		 Constâncio da Conceição Pinto
  • Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
    (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
CNRT Francisco Kalbuadi Lay
  • Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
PD
(to 2016)		 Gastão Francisco de Sousa
  • Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
CNRT Alfredo Pires
  • Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
CNRT Cirilo Cristóvão
  • Minister of Defence
Independent Longuinhos Monteiro
  • Minister of the Interior
CNRT Xanana Gusmão
  • Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment

Vice Ministers
Party Vice Minister Portrait Portfolio
CNRT Dulce de Jesus Soares
  • Vice Minister of Education I
FM Abel da Costa Ximenes
  • Vice Minister of Education II
PD
(to 2016)		 Marcos da Cruz
  • Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
CNRT Tomás do Rosário Cabral
  • Vice Minister of State Administration
Independent Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares
  • Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Independent Hélder Lopes
  • Vice Minister of Finance
Independent Ana Isabel Soares
  • Vice Minister of Health
CNRT Miguel Marques Manetelu
  • Vice Minister of Social Solidarity
PD
(to 2016)		 Constâncio da Conceição Pinto
  • Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
    (16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015)
PD
(to 2016)		 Filipus Nino Pereira
  • Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
    (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
CNRT Januário da Costa Pereira
  • Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications I
Fretilin Inácio Moreira
  • Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications II

Secretaries of State
Party Secretary of State Portrait Portfolio
PST Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva
  • Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers
CNRT Maria Terezinha Viegas
  • Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs
CNRT Nélio Isaac Sarmento
  • Secretary of State for Social Communication
CNRT Veneranda Lemos Martins
  • Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-Economical Promotion of Women
Independent Leovigildo Hornay
  • Secretary of State of Youth and Sports
CNRT Ilídio Ximenes da Costa
  • Secretary of State for Employment Policy and Vocational Training
PD
(to 2016)		 Samuel Mendonça
  • Secretary of State for State Administration
CNRT Jaime Xavier Lopes
  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
CNRT Maria Isabel Ximenes
  • Secretary of State for Arts and Culture

References

Notes
  1. "VI Constitutional Government is sworn-in". Government of Timor-Leste. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. "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.
  3. "VI Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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