Minister of Petroleum and Minerals | |
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Incumbent Francisco da Costa Monteiro since 1 July 2023 | |
Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals | |
Style |
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Member of | Constitutional Government |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Appointer | President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
Inaugural holder | Mari Alkatiri |
Website | Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals |
The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals (Portuguese: Ministro do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministru Petróleu no Minerais) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals.
Functions
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals;
- to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]
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.[1]
Incumbent
The incumbent Minister of Petroleum and Minerals is Francisco da Costa Monteiro.[2][3]
List of ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Fretilin | Mari Alkatiri | Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
26 July 2005 | 26 June 2006 | 335 days | ||
2 | José Teixeira | II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | 1 year, 29 days | ||||
III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
3 | CNRT | Xanana Gusmão | Prime Minister | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | ||
4 | Alfredo Pires | Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources | V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 5 years, 38 days | |||
VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||||
5 (a) | PD | Mariano Assanami Sabino | Minister for Mineral Resources | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
5 (b) | Fretilin | Hernâni Filomena Coelho da Silva | Minister of Petroleum | ||||||
(acting) | CNRT | Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira | Minister of Petroleum and Minerals | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 12 May 2020 | 1 year, 325 days | ||
6 | Fretilin | Víctor da Conceição Soares | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) |
24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 7 days | |||
7 | CNRT | Francisco da Costa Monteiro | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 195 days |
References
- 1 2 "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ↑ Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
External links
- Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals – official site (in English)
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