Minister of State Administration (Timor-Leste)
East Timorese government minister
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The Minister of State Administration (Portuguese: Ministro da Administração Estatal, Tetum: Ministru Administrasaun Estatál) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of State Administration.
- Minister
- (informal)
- His Excellency
- (formal, diplomatic)
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste)
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| Member of | Constitutional Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of Timor-Leste (following proposal by the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste) |
| Inaugural holder | Ana Pessoa Pinto |
| Formation | 2000 |
| Website | Ministry of State Administration |
Functions
Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of State Administration;
- 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 State Administration is Tomás do Rosário Cabral. He is assisted by Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes de Deus, Deputy Minister of State Administration.[note 1][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 | Ana Pessoa Pinto |  |
Minister for Internal Administration | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) |
15 July 2000 | 15 July 2001 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| 2 | PD | Florindo Pereira |  |
15 July 2001 | 20 September 2001 | 67 days | |||
| 3 | Fretilin | Antoninho Bianco |  |
Minister of Internal Administration | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 242 days | |
| 4 | Rogério Tiago Lobato |  |
Minister of Internal Administration (to 4 Mar 2003) Minister of Interior (from 6 March 2003) |
I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 26 July 2005 | 3 years, 67 days | ||
| (1) | Ana Pessoa Pinto | |
Minister for State Administration | 26 July 2005 | 10 July 2006 | 2 years, 13 days | |||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 5 | PD | Arcângelo Leite |  |
Minister of State Administration and Territorial Planning | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| 6 | FM | Jorge Teme |  |
Minister of State Administration | V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 2 years, 192 days | |
| 7 | CNRT | Dionísio Babo Soares |  |
VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | ||
| 8 | Fretilin | Valentim Ximenes |  |
VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 262 days | ||
| (acting) | CNRT | Abílio José Caetano |  |
VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 29 May 2020 | 1 year, 342 days | ||
| 9 | Fretilin | Miguel Pereira de Carvalho |  |
VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) |
29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | ||
| 10 | CNRT | Tomás do Rosário Cabral |  |
IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 3 years, 57 days | ||
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