Fernando Hanjam
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Fernando Hanjam | |
|---|---|
 Hanjam in 2020 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 29 May 2020 – 5 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Taur Matan Ruak |
| Preceded by | Rui Gomes |
| Succeeded by | Rui Gomes |
| Minister of Education and Culture | |
| In office 3 October 2017 – 22 June 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Mari Alkatiri |
| Preceded by | Antonio da Conceição |
| Succeeded by | Dulce de Jesus Soares |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | |
Fernando Hanjam is an East Timorese politician and academic. In 2020, he served briefly as the Minister of Finance under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. Previously, in 2017–18, he was Minister of Education and Culture in the earlier VII Constitutional Government, led by Mari Alkatiri.
Hanjam hails from the Oecusse-Ambeno exclave in the west of East Timor.[1] He attended SMA Seminari Lalian Atambua, in Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. He then studied management at Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and at Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia,[2] and also obtained a PhD in Accounting and Finance at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.[1] All of these studies were supported by the Society of Jesus, to which Hanjam has publicly expressed gratitude.[3]
From 2000, Hanjam was a Professor, and later Vice Rector, at the National University of East Timor (Universidade Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e (UNTL)).[1][4]
