Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Ministerio dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação (Portuguese); Ministeriu Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun (Tetum);
	Coat of Arms of East Timor
	; Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed	1975 / 2002
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Avenida de Portugal, Dili [de]; 8°32′53″S 125°33′22″E / 8.54806°S 125.55611°E
Minister responsible	Bendito Freitas [de], Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
Website	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; (inactive as of January 2022);
Agency ID	MFAC

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC; Portuguese: Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Timor-Leste, Tetum: Ministeriu Negosiu Estranjeiru no Kooperasaun) is the government department of East Timor accountable for foreign affairs.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:^[1]

foreign policy and international cooperation; and
consular functions and the promotion and defense of the interests of Timorese citizens abroad.

History

The Ministry was created in 2002.^[1] Its headquarters, built with the assistance of Chinese funding, are located on Avenida Portugal in Dili.^[2]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Bendito Freitas [de].^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 25 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Sahin, Selver B. (1 August 2014). "Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period". Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 33 (2): 3–25. doi:10.1177/186810341403300201. ISSN 1868-1034.
^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

External links

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation – official site (inactive as of January 2022^[update])
Government of East Timor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website archive – Library of Congress

[viii_cg_ii-1] "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 25 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[Sahin_2014-2] Sahin, Selver B. (1 August 2014). "Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period". Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 33 (2): 3–25. doi:10.1177/186810341403300201. ISSN 1868-1034.

[tatoli_2023-06-30-3] Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Government ministers and ministries of East Timor
Ministers	Prime Minister Presidency of the Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries Defense Education, Youth and Sport Finance Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Health Higher Education, Science and Culture Interior Justice Petroleum and Minerals Planning and Territory Public Works Social Solidarity and Inclusion State Administration Tourism, Trade and Industry Transport and Communications
Ministries	Presidency of the Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries Defense Education, Youth and Sport Finance Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Health Higher Education, Science and Culture Interior Justice Petroleum and Minerals Planning and Territory Public Works Social Solidarity and Inclusion State Administration Tourism, Trade and Industry Transport and Communications
Incumbent Constitutional Government

v t e Foreign affairs ministries of the world
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Lesotho Liberia Mauritania Morocco Niger Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Seychelles Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Guyana Haiti Jamaica Mexico Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China East Timor India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Mongolia Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Andorra Austria Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City
Oceania	Australia Fiji Kiribati New Zealand
Former	Czechoslovakia Ottoman Empire Qing dynasty Republic of China (Mainland) Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Agency overview
Ministerio dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação (Portuguese) Ministeriu Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Headquarters of the Ministry
Formed	1975 (1975) / 2002
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Avenida de Portugal, Dili [de] 8°32′53″S 125°33′22″E / 8.54806°S 125.55611°E / -8.54806; 125.55611
Minister responsible	Bendito Freitas [de], Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Website	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (inactive as of January 2022^[update])
Agency ID	MFAC