The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Portuguese: Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação, Tetum: Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
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| Member of | Constitutional Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
| Inaugural holder | José Ramos-Horta |
| Formation | 1975 / 2000 |
Functions
editUnder the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
- 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]
History
editIn the 1975 Council of Ministers,[2] and also in the I UNTAET Transitional Government (2000–2001),[3][4][5] the title of the Minister was "Minister of Foreign Affairs". When the II UNTAET Transitional Government took office on 20 September 2001, the title was changed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.[6]
Incumbent
editThe incumbent minister is Bendito Freitas.[7][8]
List of ministers
editThe following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
| No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fretilin | José Ramos-Horta | .jpg)
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1975 CoM (Lobato) |
1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | 16 days | |
| (1) | Independent | José Ramos-Horta |
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I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) |
15 July 2000 | 31 March 2001 | 259 days | |
| 15 July 2001 | 20 September 2001 | 4 years, 360 days | ||||||
| II UNTAET (Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | ||||||
| I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | ||||||
| 2 | Fretilin | José Luís Guterres | 
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II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | 313 days | |
| (acting) | Adaljíza Magno | 
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III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | 81 days | ||
| 3 | PSD | Zacarias da Costa | 
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IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| (2) | FM | José Luís Guterres |
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V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 2 years, 192 days | |
| 4 | Fretilin | Hernâni Coelho | 
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VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | |
| 5 | Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres | 
|
VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
| 6 | CNRT | Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares | 
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VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 25 May 2020 | 1 year, 338 days | |
| 7 | Fretilin | Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno |
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VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) |
24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 7 days | |
| 8 | CNRT | Bendito Freitas | 
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IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 147 days | |
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Fox 2004.
- ^ "First meeting of Transitional Cabinet". peacekeeping.un.org. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "UNTAET, East Timor shape new cabinet and legislative body". Tais Timor. 1 (12). 6 August 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Beuman, Lydia (2016). Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138950337.
- ^ "II UNTAET Transitional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
Bibliography
edit- Fox, James J. (2004). "FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente)". In Ooi, Keat Gin (ed.). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, CA, USA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 522–523. ISBN 1576077705.
External links
edit- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation – official site (inactive as of January 2022[update])
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