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The Minister of Finance (Portuguese: Ministra das Finanças, Tetum: Ministra Finansas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Finance.

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 Finance;
  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 is Santina Viegas Cardoso.[2][3]

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No. Party Minister Portrait Government
(Prime Minister) 		Term start Term end Term in office
1 Fretilin Juvenal Maria de Fátima Inácio Sera Key [de] 1975 CoM
(Lobato) 		1 December 1975 17 December 1975 16 days
2 United Nations Michael Francino [de] I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello) 		15 July 2000 20 September 2001 1 year, 67 days
3 Independent Fernanda Mesquita Borges II UNTAET
(Alkatiri) 		20 September 2001 23 April 2002 215 days
4 Fretilin Maria Madalena Brites Boavida 30 April 2002 20 May 2002 5 years, 100 days
I Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		20 May 2002 10 July 2006
II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta) 		10 July 2006 19 May 2007
III Constitutional
(da Silva) 		19 May 2007 8 August 2007
5 Independent Emília Pires IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 7 years, 192 days
V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015
6 Santina Cardoso VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 15 September 2017 2 years, 211 days
7 Independent Rui Augusto Gomes VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		15 September 2017 22 June 2018 280 days
(acting) CNRT Sara Lobo Brites VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 29 May 2020 1 year, 342 days
8 Fretilin Fernando Hanjam VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured) 		29 May 2020 5 November 2020 134 days
(acting) Independent Sara Lobo Brites 5 November 2020 23 November 2020 18 days
(7) Independent Rui Augusto Gomes 23 November 2020 1 July 2023 2 years, 220 days
(6) CNRT Santina Viegas Cardoso IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 357 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.

External links

Media related to Minister of Finance (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons

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