The Minister of Health (Portuguese: Ministra da Saúde, Tetum: Ministra Saúde) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Health.
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| Style | Minister (informal) Her Excellency (formal, diplomatic) |
| Member of | Constitutional Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Seat | Dili, East Timor |
| Appointer | President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
| Inaugural holder | Rui Maria de Araújo |
| Formation | 20 September 2001 |
| Website | Ministry of Health |
Functions
editUnder the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Health;
- to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry of Health.[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
editThe incumbent Minister of Health is Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral. She is assisted by two deputy ministers.[note 1][2][3]
List of ministers
editThe following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Health:
| No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independent | Rui Maria de Araújo | 
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II UNTAET (Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 5 years, 332 days | |
| I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | ||||||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||||
| Fretilin | III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||
| 2 | Independent | Nélson Martins | 
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IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| 3 | CNRT | Sérgio Lobo | 
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V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 2 years, 192 days | |
| 4 | Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa | 
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VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | ||
| (1) | Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo |
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VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | |
| (acting) | CNRT | Élia dos Reis Amaral | 
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VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 3 April 2020 | 1 year, 286 days | |
| (acting) | PLP | Bonifácio dos Reis | 
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3 April 2020 | 29 May 2020 | 56 days | ||
| 5 | Fretilin | Odete Maria Freitas Belo | 
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VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) |
29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | |
| 6 | CNRT | Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral |
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IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 144 days | |
References
editFootnotes
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- ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Media related to Ministers of Health of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministry of Health – official site (in English)
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