The Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry (Portuguese: Ministro do Turismo, Comércio e Indústria, Tetum: Ministru Turizmu, Komérsiu no Indústria) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry.
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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 | Gil da Costa Alves |
| Formation | 2007 |
| Website | Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry |
Functions
editUnder the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry;
- 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
editThe incumbent Minister of Commerce and Industry is Filipus Nino Pereira.[2][3]
List of ministers
editThe following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
| No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASDT | Gil Alves | 
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Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| 2 (a) | PD | António da Conceição | 
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Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment | V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 3 years, 2 days | |
| VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 10 August 2015 | |||||||
| 3 (a) | Constâncio da Conceição Pinto | 
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10 August 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 36 days | ||||
| (2 (a)) | António da Conceição |
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Minister for Commerce and Industry | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
| 2 (b) | CNRT | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | 
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Minister of Tourism | V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 5 years, 38 days | |
| Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture | VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | ||||||
| 3 (b) | Independent | Manuel Florêncio da Canossa Vong | 
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Minister of Tourism | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | |
| (acting) | CNRT | Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira | 
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Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 12 May 2020 | 1 year, 325 days | |
| 4 | Fretilin | José Lucas do Carmo da Silva | 
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VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) |
24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 7 days | ||
| 5 (b) | PD | Filipus Nino Pereira |
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Minister of Commerce and Industry | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 153 days | |
References
edit- ^ a b
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.
- ^ 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
edit- Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry – official site
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