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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)

Coordinates: 8°32′53″S 125°33′22″E / 8.54806°S 125.55611°E / -8.54806; 125.55611
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
  • Ministerio dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação (Portuguese)
  • Ministeriu Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun (Tetum)
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Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed1975 (1975) / 2002
JurisdictionGovernment of East Timor
HeadquartersAvenida de Portugal, Dili [de]
8°32′53″S 125°33′22″E / 8.54806°S 125.55611°E / -8.54806; 125.55611
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Agency IDMFAC

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC; Portuguese: Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Timor-Leste, Tetum: Ministeriu Negosiu Estranjeiru no Kooperasaun) is the government department of East Timor accountable for foreign affairs.

Functions

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The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:[1]

  • foreign policy and international cooperation; and
  • consular functions and the promotion and defense of the interests of Timorese citizens abroad.

History

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The Ministry was created in 2002.[1] Its headquarters, built with the assistance of Chinese funding, are located on Avenida Portugal in Dili.[2]

Minister

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The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas [de].[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Sahin, Selver B. (1 August 2014). "Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period". Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 33 (2): 3–25. doi:10.1177/186810341403300201. ISSN 1868-1034.
  3. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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