Minister of Justice (Timor-Leste)
East Timorese government minister
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The Minister of Justice (Portuguese: Ministro da Justiça, Tetum: Ministru Justisa) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Justice.
StyleMinister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of Timor-Leste
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste)
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste)
| Minister of Justice | |
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 Incumbent since 1 July 2023Amândio Benevides | |
| Ministry of Justice | |
| Style | Minister (informal) His Excellency (formal, diplomatic) |
| Member of | Constitutional Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of Timor-Leste (following proposal by the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste) |
| Inaugural holder | |
| Formation | 1975 / 2000 |
| Website | Ministry of Justice |
Functions
The Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Justice;
- to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]
Falling within those powers and duties are responsibilities such as overseeing the recruitment of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders.[2]
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
List of ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Justice:[5]
| No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fretilin | António Duarte Carvarino Mau Lear | 1975 CoM (Lobato) |
1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | 16 days | ||
| 2 | United Nations | Gita Honwana-Welch | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) |
15 July 2000 | 20 September 2001 | 1 year, 67 days | ||
| 3 | Fretilin | Ana Maria Pessoa |  |
II UNTAET (Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 1 year, 180 days | |
| I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 19 March 2003 | ||||||
| 4 | Domingos Sarmento |  |
19 March 2003 | 10 July 2006 | 4 years, 142 days | |||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | ||||||
| 5 | PSD | Lúcia Lobato |  |
IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | March 2012 (suspended) |
5 years, 0 days (incl. suspension) | |
| (acting) | CNRT | Ivo Valente |  |
March 2012 | 8 August 2012 | c. 145 days | ||
| 6 | Dionísio Babo Soares |  |
V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 2 years, 192 days | ||
| 7 | Ivo Valente | |
VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 3 October 2017 | 2 years, 229 days | ||
| 8 | UDT | Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão |  |
VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 262 days | |
| 9 | Independent | Manuel Cárceres da Costa |  |
VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 22 March 2022 | 3 years, 273 days | |
| 10 | Tiago Amaral Sarmento |  |
22 March 2022 | 1 July 2023 | 1 year, 101 days | |||
| 11 | CNRT | Amândio Benevides | |
IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | 20 January 2024 | 203 days | |
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