Minister of Transport and Communications | |
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Ministry of Transport and Communications | |
Style |
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Member of | Constitutional Government |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Appointer |
President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
Inaugural holder | |
Formation | 1975 / 2000 |
Website | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
The Minister of Transport and Communications ( Portuguese: Ministro dos Transportes e Comunicações, Tetum: Ministru Transportes no Komunikasoins) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
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]
The incumbent Minister of Transport and Communications is Miguel Marques Gonçalves . [2] [3]
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 | Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos "Kaku'uk" | 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 | 16 July 2001 | 20 September 2001 | 4 years, 344 days | ||||
Minister of Transport and Communications |
II UNTAET ( Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | ||||||
Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works |
I Constitutional ( Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 26 July 2005 | ||||||
Minister of Transport and Communications | 26 July 2005 | 25 June 2006 | |||||||
4 | Inácio Moreira | 25 June 2006 | 10 July 2006 | 1 year, 44 days | |||||
II Constitutional ( Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
III Constitutional ( da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
5 | Independent | Pedro Lay | Minister of Infrastructure |
IV Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 7 years, 192 days | ||
Minister of Transport and Communications |
V Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||||
6 | PD | Gastão Francisco de Sousa | Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications |
VI Constitutional ( Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | ||
Independent | |||||||||
Vacant |
VII Constitutional ( Alkatiri) |
3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 262 days | |||||
7 | KHUNTO | José Agustinho da Silva | Minister of Transport and Communications |
VIII Constitutional ( Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | 5 years, 9 days | ||
11 | CNRT | Miguel Marques Gonçalves | Minister of Transport and Telecommunications |
IX Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 319 days |