The Minister of State Administration (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of State Administration.
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 State Administration is Tomás do Rosário Cabral. He is assisted by , Deputy Minister of State Administration.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 the minister:
PartyMinisterPortraitTitleGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin Ana Pessoa Pinto Minister for Internal Administration I UNTAET(Vieira de Mello) 15 July 2000 15 July 2001 2 PD 15 July 2001 20 September 2001 3 Fretilin Minister of Internal Administration II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 4 Rogério Tiago Lobato Minister of Internal AdministrationMinister of Interior I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 20 May 2002 26 July 2005 (1) Ana Pessoa Pinto Minister for State Administration 26 July 2005 10 July 2006 II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 5 PD Minister of State Administration and Territorial Planning IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 6 FM Jorge Teme Minister of State Administration V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 7 CNRT Dionísio Babo Soares VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 8 Fretilin Valentim Ximenes VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 3 October 2017 22 June 2018 (acting) CNRT Abílio José Caetano VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 29 May 2020 9 Fretilin Miguel Pereira de Carvalho VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 29 May 2020 1 July 2023 10 CNRT Tomás do Rosário Cabral IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
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