Minister of the Interior
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Incumbent
Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]
since 1 July 2023
Ministry of the Interior
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 the Interior

The Minister of the Interior (Portuguese: Ministro do Interior, Tetum: Ministru Interiór) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of the Interior.

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 the Interior;
  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 the Interior is Francisco da Costa Guterres [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 Alarico Fernandes Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security 1975 CoM
(Lobato) 		1 December 1975 17 December 1975 16 days
2 United Nations Jean-Christian Cady [de] Minister for Police and Emergency Services I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello) 		15 July 2000 20 September 2001 1 year, 67 days
3 Fretilin Antoninho Bianco [de] 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 March 2003)
Minister of Interior
(from 6 March 2003) 		I Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		20 May 2002 1 June 2006 4 years, 12 days
5 Independent Alcino Baris [de] Minister of Interior II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta) 		10 July 2006 19 May 2007 1 year, 29 days
III Constitutional
(da Silva) 		19 May 2007 8 August 2007
6 CNRT Xanana Gusmão Minister of Defense IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 7 years, 192 days
Minister of Defence and Security V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015
7 Independent Longuinhos Monteiro Minister of the Interior VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 15 September 2017 2 years, 211 days
8 Fretilin Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo Minister of Defence and Security VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		3 October 2017 22 June 2018 262 days
(acting) Independent Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus Minister of the Interior VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 24 June 2020 2 years, 2 days
9 PLP Taur Matan Ruak VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured) 		24 June 2020 1 July 2023 3 years, 7 days
10 CNRT Francisco da Costa Guterres [de] IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 302 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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