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V Constitutional Government

V Constitutional Government of East Timor
Date formed8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
Date dissolved16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
People and organisations
President Taur Matan Ruak
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão
No. of ministers
  • 1 Prime Minister
  • 15 other Ministers
  • 12 Vice Ministers
  • 26 Secretaries of State
Member parties CNRTPDFM
Status in legislatureMajority
40 / 65 (62%)
History
Election(s) 2012
Predecessor IV Constitutional Government
Successor VI Constitutional Government

The V Constitutional Government ( Portuguese: V Governo Constitucional, Tetum: V Governu Konstitusionál) was the fifth Constitutional Government ( administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 8 August 2012, [1] it was led by the country's fifth Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão, [1] and was replaced by the VI Constitutional Government on 16 February 2015. [2]

Composition

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

Ministers

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
CNRT Xanana Gusmão
PD Fernando La Sama de Araújo
  • Vice Prime Minister and Coordinator of Social Affairs
CNRT Ágio Pereira
  • Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
FM José Luís Guterres
  • Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Independent Emília Pires
  • Minister of Finance
CNRT Dionísio Babo Soares
  • Minister of Justice
CNRT Sérgio Lobo
  • Minister of Health
CNRT Bendito Freitas [ de]
  • Minister of Education
FM Jorge Teme
  • Minister of State Administration
PD António da Conceição
  • Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
Independent Isabel Guterres [ de]
  • Minister of Social Solidarity
PD Gastão Francisco de Sousa [ de]
  • Minister of Public Works
Independent Pedro Lay [ de]
  • Minister of Transport and Communications
PD Mariano Assanami Sabino
  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
CNRT Francisco Kalbuadi Lay
  • Minister of Tourism
CNRT Alfredo Pires
  • Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

Vice Ministers

Party Vice Minister Portrait Portfolio
PD Constâncio da Conceição Pinto
  • Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Santina Cardoso
  • Vice Minister of Finance
CNRT Ivo Jorge Valente
  • Vice Minister of Justice
CNRT Natália de Araújo [ de]
  • Vice Minister for Ethics and Service Delivery
CNRT Maria do Céu Sarmento
  • Vice Minister for Management, Support and Resources
CNRT Dulce de Jesus Soares
  • Vice Minister of Basic/Primary Education
CNRT Virgílio Simith
  • Vice Minister of Secondary Education
CNRT Marçal Avelino Ximenes
  • Vice Minister of Higher Education
FM Abel da Costa Ximenes
  • Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
CNRT Jacinto Rigoberto de Deus
  • Vice Minister of Social Solidarity
CNRT Flávio Cardoso Neves
  • Vice Minister for Transport and Communications
PD Marcos da Cruz
  • Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

Secretaries of State

Party Secretary of State Portrait Portfolio
PST Avelino Coelho
  • 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 Media
PD Francisco Soares
  • Secretary of State for Institutional Strengthening
CNRT Veneranda Lemos Martins [ de]
  • Secretary of State for Support and Promotion of the Private Sector
CNRT Idelta Maria Rodrigues [ de]
  • Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality
CNRT Miguel Manetelo
  • Secretary of State of Youth and Sports
CNRT Ilídio Ximenes da Costa
  • Secretary of State for Professional Training and Employment Policy
Independent Roberto Soares
  • Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs
CNRT Júlio Tomás Pinto
  • Secretary of State for Defence
CNRT Francisco Guterres
  • Secretary of State for Security
CNRT Jaime Xavier Lopes
  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
PD Samuel Mendonça
  • Secretary of State for Local Development
CNRT Tomás Cabral
  • Secretary of State for Administrative Decentralization
FM Ricardo Cardoso Nheu
  • Secretary of State of Commerce
PD Filipus ‘Nino’ Pereira
  • Secretary of State of Industry and Cooperatives
PD Nominando Soares Martins ‘Buras’
  • Secretary of State of Environment
FM Vítor da Costa
  • Secretary of State for Social Security
PD Júlio Sarmento da Costa
  • Secretary of State for the Combatants for National Liberation Affairs
CNRT Luís Vaz Rodrigues
  • Secretary of State for Public Works
CNRT Januário Pereira
  • Secretary of State for Electricity
PD Elias Pereira Moniz
  • Secretary of State for Water, Sanitation and Urban Development
PD João Fernandes
  • Secretary of State for Forestry and Nature Conservation
CNRT Rafael Pereira Gonçalves
  • Secretary of State for Fisheries
CNRT Valentino Varela
  • Secretary of State for Livestock
CNRT Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes [ de]
  • Secretary of State for Art and Culture

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Swearing in of the V Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. ^ "VI Constitutional Government is sworn-in". Government of Timor-Leste. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ^ "V Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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