IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

IX Constitutional Government
IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste
Incumbent
Gusmão in 2023
Date formed	1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)
People and organisations
President	José Ramos-Horta
Prime Minister	Xanana Gusmão
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 2 Deputy Prime Ministers 19 Ministers 10 Deputy Ministers 15 Secretaries of State
Member parties	CNRT–PD
Status in legislature	Majority 37 / 65 (57%)
History
Election	2023
Predecessor	VIII Constitutional Government

The IX Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the ninth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. It was formed on 1 July 2023, and is led by Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão. It is his second term after 2007 to 2015^[1]

Composition

The government is made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers^{[note 1]} and Secretaries of State, as follows:^[2][3][4]

Ministers

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão		Prime Minister CNRT leader
	CNRT	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay		Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Minister of Tourism and Environment
	PD	Mariano "Assanami" Lopes		Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Rural Development Affairs PD leader
	CNRT	Ágio Pereira		Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
	CNRT	Bendito Freitas [de]		Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	CNRT	Santina Viegas Cardoso		Minister of Finance
	Independent	Amândio Benevides [de]		Minister of Justice (1 July 2023 – 20 January 2024)[5]
	Independent	Sérgio Hornai [de]		Minister of Justice (15 February 2024 – present)[6]
	CNRT	Dulce de Jesus Soares		Minister of Education
	CNRT	José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo [de]		Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture
	CNRT	Tomás do Rosário Cabral [de]		Minister of State Administration
	CNRT	Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral [de]		Minister of Health
	CNRT	Verónica das Dores [de]		Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
	CNRT	Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru" [de]		Minister of National Liberation Fighter Affairs
	CNRT	Samuel Marçal [de]		Minister of Public Works
	CNRT	Miguel Marques Gonçalves [de]		Minister of Transport and Communications
	PD	Filipus Nino Pereira [de]		Minister of Commerce and Industry
	CNRT	Marcos da Cruz [de]		Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry
	Independent	Pedro Klamar Fuik [de]		Minister of Defense
	CNRT	Francisco da Costa Monteiro [de]		Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
	CNRT	Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]		Minister of the Interior
	CNRT	Nélio Isaac Sarmento [de]		Minister of Youth, Sport, Art and Culture
	PD	Gastão de Sousa [de]		Minister of Strategic Investment

Deputy Ministers

Party		Deputy Minister[note 1]	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Adérito Hugo da Costa [de]		Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
	CNRT	Hélder Lopes [de]		Deputy Minister of Finance (1 July 2023 – 13 September 2023)[7]
	CNRT	Felícia Carvalho [de]		Deputy Minister of Finance (15 September 2023 – present)[7]
	CNRT	Milena Maria da Costa Rangel [de]		Deputy Minister for ASEAN affairs
	CNRT	Paulo dos Remédios [de]		Deputy Minister for Institutional Empowerment
	CNRT	José dos Reis Magno [de]		Deputy Minister for Strengthening Health Institutions
		Júlio do Carmo [de]		Deputy Minister of Infrastructure
	CNRT	Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes de Deus [de]		Deputy Minister of State Administration
	PD	Augusto Junior Trindade [de]		Deputy Minister of Commerce
	Independent	Céu Brites [de]		Deputy Minister of Solidarity, Social, and Inclusion
	PD	Flávio Brandão [de]		Deputy Minister of Hospital Operations

Secretaries of State

Party		Secretary of State	Portrait	Portfolio
	PD	Elvina Sousa Carvalho [de]		Secretary of State for Equality
	Independent	Expedito Dias Ximenes [de]		Secretary of State for Social Communications
	CNRT	Jaime Xavier Lopes [de]		Secretary of State for Land and Property
	CNRT	Domingos Lopes Lemos [de]		Secretary of State for High School and Technical Schools
		Santos Noronha		Secretary of State for Electricity, Water, and Sanitation
		Jorge Soares Cristóvão		Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
	CNRT	Domingos dos Santos da Conceição		Secretary of State for Fisheries
		José Vieira de Araújo		Secretary of State for Livestock
	PD	Ferdinando Vieira		Secretary of State for Forestry
	CNRT	Arsénio Pereira da Silva [de]		Secretary of State for Cooperatives
	CNRT	Rogério Araújo Mendonça		Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment
		Mateus dos Santos Talo		Secretary of State for Rural Development
		Germano Santa Brites Dias		Secretary of State for Toponomy and State Urban Organizations
		Domingos Mariano Reis		Secretary of State for Civil Protection
		César da Silva dos Santos "Merak"		Secretary of State for Veterans

References

Footnote

1. The Constitution of Timor-Leste provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

Notes

1. "Líderes de partidos do novo Governo timorense analisam calendário da posse com PR" [Party leaders of the new Timorese Government analyze inauguration calendar with PR]. Visão (in European Portuguese). Lusa. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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.
4. Martins, Filomeno (1 July 2023). "Xanana Gusmão sworn in as Timor-Leste's new Prime Minister". Tatoli. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
5. "Morreu o ministro da Justiça de Timor-Leste" [East Timor's Justice Minister has died]. RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
6. "Sérgio Hornai takes office as Minister of Justice". Government of Timor-Leste. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
7. "Felicia Carvalho takes office as Vice Minister of Finance". Government of Timor-Leste. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

Further reading

• Davidson, Helen (28 September 2023). "'Playing the China card' or a serious regional threat? Timor Leste's new deal with Beijing". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
• Kingsbury, Damien (15 June 2023). "Timor-Leste's democratic strength belies an uncertain economic future". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
• Needham, Kirsty (29 September 2023). "Exclusive: Timor president says China military cooperation 'never discussed'". Reuters. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
• Neves, Guteriano (7 July 2023). "Timor-Leste: Breaking free from temptation of easy money". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

External links

• "Towards a Prosperous Future: One Year into the Ninth Government's Mandate!". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 3 January 2025.