VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor
| VIII Constitutional Government | |
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 VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor | |
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| Date formed | 22 June 2018 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Francisco Guterres |
| Prime Minister | Taur Matan Ruak |
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| Election(s) | 2018 |
| Predecessor | VII Constitutional Government |
The VIII Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the eighth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 22 June 2018, and restructured in mid-2020, it is led by the country's seventh Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak.
Initial (AMP) composition (22 June 2018–24 June 2020)[]
The Government at its swearing in
Initially, the VIII Constitutional Government was drawn from and supported by a coalition known as the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), which was made up of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the People's Liberation Party (PLP) and Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO).[1]
The officials appointed to form the government as from 22 June 2018 were:[2][3]
Ministers[]
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| PLP | Taur Matan Ruak | 
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| CNRT | Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira | 
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| PLP | Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães | 
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| CNRT | Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares | 
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| Independent | Manuel Cárceres da Costa | 
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| CNRT | Dulce de Jesus Soares | 
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| PLP | Longuinhos dos Santos | 
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| KHUNTO | Armanda Berta dos Santos | 
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| Independent | Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires | 
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| KHUNTO | José Agustinho da Silva | 
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| KHUNTO | Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins | 
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| Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus | 
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Vice Ministers[]
| Party | Vice Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| CNRT | 
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Secretaries of State[]
| Party | Secretary of State | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| KHUNTO | 
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| CNRT | 
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| PLP | Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho | 
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| KHUNTO | 
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Restructured composition (24 June 2020–present)[]
The restructured government, 24 June 2020
Following the breakdown of the AMP coalition during the first few months of 2020, the government was restructured on 12 May 2020,[4][5] new officials were appointed on 29 May[7][8] and 24 June 2020.[9]
Since then, the Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Secretaries of State in the government have been:[10][11]
Ministers[]
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| PLP | Taur Matan Ruak | 
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| KHUNTO | Armanda Berta dos Santos | 
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| Fretilin | José Maria dos Reis | 
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| PLP | Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães |
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| Fretilin | Joaquim Amaral | 
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| Fretilin | Francisco Martins da Costa Pereira Jerónimo | 
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| Fretilin | Fernando Hanjam | 
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| Independent | Rui Augusto Gomes | 
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| Fretilin | Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno | 
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| PLP | Manuel Cárceres da Costa |
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| Fretilin | Miguel Pereira de Carvalho | 
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| Fretilin | Odete Maria Freitas Belo | 
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| Fretilin | Armindo Maia | 
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| PLP | Longuinhos dos Santos | 
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| PD | Júlio Sarmento da Costa "Meta Mali" | 
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| PLP | Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires |
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| KHUNTO | José Agustinho da Silva |
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| Fretilin | José Lucas do Carmo da Silva | 
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| KHUNTO | Pedro dos Reis | 
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| Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus |
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| Fretilin | Víctor da Conceição Soares | 
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Deputy Ministers[]
| Party | Deputy Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Independent |
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| KHUNTO | Julião da Silva | 
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| KHUNTO | José Edmundo Caetano | 
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| Fretilin | Lino de Jesus Torrezão | 
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| PLP | Bonifácio Maucoli dos Reis | 
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| KHUNTO | António Guterres | 
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| PLP | Signi Chandrawati Verdial | 
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| KHUNTO | Nicolau Lino Freitas Belo | 
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| Fretilin | Inácia da Conceição Teixeira | 
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| Fretilin | Domingos Lopes Antunes | 
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| KHUNTO | Abílio Xavier de Araújo | 
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| KHUNTO | António Armindo | 
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Secretaries of State[]
| Party | Secretary of State | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| KHUNTO | Alarico de Rosário | 
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| Fretilin | Elizário Ferreira | 
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| PLP | Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho | 
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| PLP | Merício Juvenal dos Reis "Akara" | 
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| KHUNTO | Mário Ximenes | 
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| Fretilin | Abrão Saldanha | 
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| PLP | Teófilo Caldas |
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| KHUNTO | Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru" |
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| KHUNTO | Elídio de Araújo | 
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| KHUNTO | Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins |
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References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Leach 2018a.
- ^ "Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli" [First group of members of the VIII Timorese Government take office in Dili] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Transitional Ministerial Administration". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b Soares Martins, Evaristo (14 May 2020). "PM Taur Matan Ruak Gains Two Deputies in Government Restructure". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sanchez, Hortencio (25 May 2020). "Foreign Minister Dionísio Soares Among Five MPs to Resign From Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Ximenes, Florencio Miranda; Gusmão, Antónia (6 April 2020). "'I lost my Trust in her': PM Taur Explains Élia Amaral Sacking". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ Colo, Cipriano (29 May 2020). "Eight New Members Sworn into TL Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Presidente timorense dá posse a oito novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in eight new members of the Government]. RTP News (in Portuguese). Lusa. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Timor-Leste's Eighth Constitutional Government (updated 17 July 2020)". La'o Hamutuk website. La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Lú Olo swearing-in of the New Minister of Finance Rui Gomes". Tatoli website. Tatoli. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
Further reading[]
- Cardoso, João da Cruz (13 April 2021). "Dili floods a costly consequence of poor urban planning". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- —————————— (16 November 2021). "Planning for progress in Timor-Leste". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- Da Costa, Nelson (10 March 2020). "East Timor coalition ready to form government led by Xanana Gusmao". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- Graça Feijó, Rui (24 December 2020). "Timor-Leste's COVID-19 success and sweeping political change". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- Kingsbury, Damien (13 December 2018). "Hard times ahead for a politically divided Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ————————— (1 January 2022). "Timor-Leste defies the odds for stability in 2021". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- Leach, Michael (14 August 2018a). "A first test for Timor-Leste's cohabitants". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (14 December 2018b). "In Timor-Leste, an eventful year ends in tension". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (20 January 2020). "In Timor-Leste, failed budget sparks a political crisis". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ——————— (24 February 2020). "Back to the future in Dili". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (31 March 2020). "A political impasse in Timor-Leste as coronavirus looms". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ——————— (5 May 2020). "Xanana Gusmão's new parliamentary coalition collapses". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (2 June 2020). "Out of turmoil, a new majority in Timor-Leste's parliament". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (19 February 2021). "East Timorese politics in flux". Inside Story. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ——————— (23 April 2021). "Timor-Leste's floods and Covid lockdown aggravate political rifts". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ——————— (24 January 2022). "Timor-Leste's floods and Covid lockdown aggravate political rifts". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Magalhães, Fidelis (19 May 2021). "Lessons from the recent cyclone in Timor-Leste". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- Neves, Guteriano (3 April 2020). "Timor-Leste: The consequences of Covid-19". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- Sim, Tze Wei (19 November 2019). "Old Chinese, new Chinese and the China factor in Timor-Leste". ThinkChina. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- Sjöholm, Fredrik (19 September 2020). "Timor-Leste's precarious route to development". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links[]
- Program of the Eighth Constitutional Government – Government of East Timor
- Timor-Leste's Eighth Constitutional Government – La’o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis
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