Minister of Transport and Communications (East Timor)

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Minister of Transport and Communications
  • Ministro dos Transportes e Comunicações (Portuguese)
  • Ministru Transportes no Komunikasoins (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Miguel Marques Gonçalves [de]
since 1 July 2023
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Style
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holder
Formation1975 / 2000
WebsiteMinistry 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.

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 Transport and Communications;
  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 Transport and Communications is Miguel Marques Gonçalves [de].[2][3]

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 Fretilin Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos "Kaku'uk" [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] Minister of Transport and Telecommunications IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 302 days

References

  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.
  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

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