VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor
VIII Constitutional Government | |
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 VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor | |
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| Date formed | 22 June 2018 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Francisco Guterres |
| Prime Minister | Taur Matan Ruak |
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| Election(s) | 2018 |
| Predecessor | VII Constitutional Government |
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.
Initial (AMP) composition (22 June 2018–24 June 2020)
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
Vice Ministers
Secretaries of State
Restructured composition (24 June 2020–present)
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
Deputy Ministers
| Party | Deputy Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| | Independent | Sara Lobo Brites | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Julião da Silva | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | José Edmundo Caetano | 
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| style="background:Template:Fretilin/meta/color"| | Fretilin | Lino de Jesus Torrezão | 
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| style="background:Template:People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color"| | PLP | Bonifácio Maucoli dos Reis | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | António Guterres | _small_2020.jpg)
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| style="background:Template:People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color"| | PLP | Signi Chandrawati Verdial | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Nicolau Lino Freitas Belo | 
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| style="background:Template:Fretilin/meta/color"| | Fretilin | Inácia da Conceição Teixeira | 
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| style="background:Template:Fretilin/meta/color"| | Fretilin | Domingos Lopes Antunes | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Abílio Xavier de Araújo | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | António Armindo | 
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Secretaries of State
| Party | Secretary of State | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Alarico de Rosário | 
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| style="background:Template:Fretilin/meta/color"| | Fretilin | Elizário Ferreira | 
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| style="background:Template:People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color"| | PLP | Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho | 
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| style="background:Template:People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color"| | PLP | Merício Juvenal dos Reis "Akara" | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Mário Ximenes | 
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| style="background:Template:Fretilin/meta/color"| | Fretilin | Abrão Saldanha | 
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| style="background:Template:People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color"| | PLP | Teófilo Caldas | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru" | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Elídio de Araújo | 
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| style="background:Template:Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan/meta/color"| | KHUNTO | Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins | 
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| style="background:Template:People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color"| | PLP | Maria José da Fonseca Monteiro de Jesus | 
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References
Notes
- ^ Leach 2018a.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Transitional Ministerial Administration". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b Soares Martins, Evaristo (14 May 2020). "PM Taur Matan Ruak Gains Two Deputies in Government Restructure". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sanchez, Hortencio (25 May 2020). "Foreign Minister Dionísio Soares Among Five MPs to Resign From Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Colo, Cipriano (29 May 2020). "Eight New Members Sworn into TL Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Lú Olo swearing-in of the New Minister of Finance Rui Gomes". Tatoli website. Tatoli. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
Further reading
- Leach, Michael (14 August 2018a). "A first test for Timor-Leste's cohabitants". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Leach, Michael (14 December 2018b). "In Timor-Leste, an eventful year ends in tension". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Leach, Michael (24 February 2020). "Back to the future in Dili". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Leach, Michael (5 May 2020). "Xanana Gusmão's new parliamentary coalition collapses". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Leach, Michael (2 June 2020). "Out of turmoil, a new majority in Timor-Leste's parliament". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
External links
- Program of the Eighth Constitutional Government – Government of East Timor
- Timor-Leste's Eighth Constitutional Government – La’o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis
