Dulce de Jesus Soares is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT).
Dulce de Jesus Soares | |
|---|---|
 Soares in 2019 | |
| Minister of Education | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
| Preceded by | Armindo Maia |
| Minister of Education, Youth and Sports | |
| In office 22 June 2018 – 25 May 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Taur Matan Ruak |
| Preceded by | Fernando Hanjam |
| Succeeded by | Armindo Maia |
| Deputy Minister of Education I | |
| In office 16 February 2015 – 15 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Rui Maria de Araújo |
| Succeeded by | Lurdes Maria Bessa |
| Deputy Minister of Basic/Primary Education | |
| In office 8 August 2012 – 16 February 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
| Preceded by | Paulo Assis Belo |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) |
She is the incumbent Minister of Education, serving since July 2023 in the IX Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.
Previously, from June 2018 to May 2020, she was the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in the VIII Constitutional Government; in earlier constitutional governments, she had been the Deputy Minister of Education I and the Deputy Minister of Basic/Primary Education.[note 1]
Career
editIn independent East Timor, Soares worked initially as a project manager for UNICEF.[1]
From 8 August 2012 to 16 February 2015, Soares was Deputy Minister of Basic/Primary Education under Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão in the V Constitutional Government of East Timor.[2]
In the reshuffle brought about by the appointment of Rui Maria de Araújo as Prime Minister, Soares became Deputy Minister of Education I.[3] After Education Minister Fernando de Araújo died unexpectedly on 2 June 2015, Soares led the Ministry on an interim basis, until the new Education Minister António da Conceição was sworn in.[4] Upon the commencement of the VII Constitutional Government on 15 September 2017 Soares' term in the Cabinet ended.
In 2018, the National Parliament of East Timor was dissolved early. In the elections that followed the dissolution, the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), which also included the CNRT, won an absolute majority. On 22 June 2018, Soares was sworn in as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in the VIII Constitutional Government.[5][6]
Following the breakdown of the AMP coalition in the first few months of 2020, the CNRT decided on 30 April 2020 that its members serving in the VIII Constitutional Government would resign their positions.[7] The CNRT informed the government of its decision on 8 May 2020,[7] and Soares resigned as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports on 25 May 2020.[8]
On 1 July 2023, upon the commencement of Prime Minister Gusmão's third term in that office, as leader of the IX Constitutional Government, Soares was appointed as Minister of Education.[9]
References
editFootnote
edit- ^ The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
Notes
edit- ^ Niner, Sara (2011). "3. Women in the post-conflict movement in Timor-Leste". In Harris, Vandra; Goldsmith, Andrew (eds.). Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste: A cross-sectoral assessment. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 9780415601245. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "V Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "VI Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Prime Minister underlines the importance of Education in the development of Timor-Leste". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Luso (22 June 2018). "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]. SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b Soares Martins, Evaristo (11 May 2020). "CNRT Members Told to Resign from Council of Ministers". Tatoli. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Sanchez, Hortencio (25 May 2020). "Foreign Minister Dionísio Soares Among Five MPs to Resign From Cabinet". Tatoli. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ 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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