Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (East Timor)

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Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
  • Ministra da Solidariedade Social e Inclusão (Portuguese)
  • Ministra Solidariedade Sosiál no Inkluzaun (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Verónica das Dores [de]
since 1 July 2023
Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
Style
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holderMaria Domingas Alves
Formation2007
WebsiteMinistry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion

The Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (Portuguese: Ministra da Solidariedade Social e Inclusão, Tetum: Ministra Solidariedade Sosiál no Inkluzaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion.

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 Social Solidarity and Inclusion;
  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 Social Solidarity and Inclusion is Verónica das Dores [de].[2]

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 Independent Maria Domingas Alves Minister of Social Solidarity IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 5 years, 0 days
2 Independent Isabel Guterres [de] V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015 5 years, 38 days
VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 15 September 2017
3 Fretilin Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		15 September 2017 22 June 2018 280 days
4 KHUNTO Armanda Berta dos Santos Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 1 July 2023 5 years, 9 days
5 CNRT Verónica das Dores [de] IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 302 days

References

Footnote

Notes

  1. ^ a b Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

External links

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