The Minister of Health (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Health.
Functions Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty:
Where the Minister is in charge of the subject matter of a government statute, the Minister is also required, together with the Prime Minister, to sign the statute.
Incumbent The incumbent Minister of Health is Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral. She is assisted by two deputy ministers.The Constitution of Timor-Leste provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Health:
PartyMinisterPortraitGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Independent Rui Maria de Araújo II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 20 May 2002 10 July 2006 II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 Fretilin III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 2 Independent IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 3 CNRT Sérgio Lobo V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 4 Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 (1) Fretilin Rui Maria de Araújo VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 (acting) CNRT Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 3 April 2020 (acting) PLP 3 April 2020 29 May 2020 5 Fretilin Odete Maria Freitas Belo VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 29 May 2020 1 July 2023 6 CNRT Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
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External links
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