VI Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The VI Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VI Governu Konstitusionál) was the sixth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 16 February 2015,^[1] it was led by the country's sixth Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araújo,^[1] and was replaced by the VII Constitutional Government on 15 September 2017.^[2]

Dateformed16 February 2015

Datedissolved15 September 2017

Presidents

Taur Matan Ruak
(16 February 2015 – 20 May 2017)
Francisco Guterres
(20 May 2017 – 15 September 2017)

Prime Minister

Rui Maria de Araújo

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VI Constitutional Government
VI Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste
Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo
Date formed	16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
Date dissolved	15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
People and organisations
Presidents	Taur Matan Ruak (16 February 2015 – 20 May 2017) Francisco Guterres (20 May 2017 – 15 September 2017)
Prime Minister	Rui Maria de Araújo
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 16 other Ministers 11 Vice Ministers 9 Secretaries of State
Member parties	National unity government
Status in legislature	National unity
History
Election	2012
Predecessor	V Constitutional Government
Successor	VII Constitutional Government

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Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:^[3]

Ministers

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	Minister	Portfolio
Fretilin	Rui Maria de Araújo	Prime Minister
CNRT	Ágio Pereira	Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
PD	Fernando La Sama de Araújo	Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education (16 February 2015 – 2 June 2015)
Fretilin	Estanislau da Silva	Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
CNRT	Dionísio Babo Soares	Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration
Fretilin	Hernâni Coelho	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	Santina Cardoso	Minister of Finance
CNRT	Ivo Valente [de]	Minister of Justice
CNRT	Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa	Minister of Health
	Isabel Amaral Guterres [de]	Minister of Social Solidarity
PD (to 2016)	António da Conceição	Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015) Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
PD (to 2016)	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto [de]	Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
CNRT	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay	Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
PD (to 2016)	Gastão Francisco de Sousa [de]	Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
CNRT	Alfredo Pires	Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
CNRT	Cirilo Cristóvão	Minister of Defence
Independent	Longuinhos Monteiro	Minister of the Interior
CNRT	Xanana Gusmão	Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment

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Vice Ministers

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	Vice Minister	Portfolio
CNRT	Dulce de Jesus Soares	Vice Minister of Education I
FM	Abel da Costa Ximenes	Vice Minister of Education II
PD (to 2016)	Marcos da Cruz	Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
CNRT	Tomás do Rosário Cabral	Vice Minister of State Administration
Independent	Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Independent	Hélder Lopes	Vice Minister of Finance
Independent	Ana Isabel Soares [de]	Vice Minister of Health
CNRT	Miguel Marques Manetelu	Vice Minister of Social Solidarity
PD (to 2016)	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto [de]	Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015)
PD (to 2016)	Filipus Nino Pereira	Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
CNRT	Januário da Costa Pereira	Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications I
Fretilin	Inácio Moreira	Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications II

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Secretaries of State

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	Secretary of State	Portfolio
PST	Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva	Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers
CNRT	Maria Terezinha Viegas	Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs
CNRT	Nélio Isaac Sarmento	Secretary of State for Social Communication
CNRT	Veneranda Lemos Martins [de]	Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-Economical Promotion of Women
Independent	Leovigildo Hornay	Secretary of State of Youth and Sports
CNRT	Ilídio Ximenes da Costa	Secretary of State for Employment Policy and Vocational Training
PD (to 2016)	Samuel Mendonça	Secretary of State for State Administration
CNRT	Jaime Xavier Lopes	Secretary of State for Land and Property
CNRT	Maria Isabel Ximenes [de]	Secretary of State for Arts and Culture