Minister of Public Works
  • Ministro das Obras Públicas (Portuguese)
  • Ministru Obras Públikas (Tetum)
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Incumbent
Samuel Marçal [de]
since 1 July 2023
Ministry of Public Works
Style
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holder
Formation1975 / 2000
WebsiteMinistry of Public Works

The Minister of Public Works (Portuguese: Ministro das Obras Públicas, Tetum: Ministru Obras Públikas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Public Works.

Functions

Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:

  1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Public Works;
  2. 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 Public Works is Samuel Marçal [de].[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
1 Fretilin Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos "Kaku'uk" [de] Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications 1975 CoM
(Lobato) 		1 December 1975 17 December 1975 16 days
2 UDT João Viegas Carrascalão Minister for Infrastructure I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello) 		15 July 2000 16 July 2001 1 year, 1 day
3 Fretilin Ovídio de Jesus Amaral [de] 16 July 2001 20 September 2001 66 days
4 César Vital Moreira [de] Minister of Water and Public Works II UNTAET
(Alkatiri) 		20 September 2001 20 May 2002 242 days
(3) Ovídio Amaral [de] Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works I Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		20 May 2002 26 July 2005 3 years, 67 days
5 Independent Odete Vítor [de] Minister of Public Works 26 July 2005 1 June 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
6 Pedro Lay [de] Minister of Infrastructure IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 5 years, 0 days
7 PD Gastão Francisco de Sousa [de] Minister of Public Works V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015 5 years, 38 days
PD (to 2016) Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 15 September 2017
Independent
Vacant VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		3 October 2017 22 June 2018 262 days
8 Independent Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires Minister of Public Works VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 22 March 2022 3 years, 273 days
9 PLP Abel Pires da Silva 22 March 2022 1 July 2023 1 year, 101 days
10 CNRT Samuel Marçal [de] IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 249 days

References

  1. ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ 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.

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