Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor)

Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals
Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais (Portuguese); Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais (Tetum);
	Coat of Arms of East Timor
	; Office of the Ministry, Suai
Ministry overview
Formed	2001
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Praça do Palácio do Gov., Comoro, Dili; 8°33′15″S 125°34′45″E / 8.55417°S 125.57917°E
Minister responsible	Francisco da Costa Monteiro [de], Minister of Petroleum and Minerals;
Website	Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals
Agency ID	MPM
	Ministry logo

The Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (MPM; Portuguese: Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais) is the government department of East Timor accountable for energy policy, management of mineral resources, and related matters.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design and implementation of policies for the following areas:

energy;
management of mineral resources, including oil and other strategic ores;

and for the licensing and regulation of extractive activity and industrial activity to benefit petroleum and minerals, including petrochemicals and refining.^[1]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Petroleum and Minerals is Francisco da Costa Monteiro [de].^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 26 March 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

Media related to Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons

Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals – official site (in English)

[viii_cg_ii-1] "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 26 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[tatoli_2023-06-30-2] Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[tatoli_2023-07-01-3] 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.

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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

Ministry overview
Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais (Portuguese) Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Office of the Ministry, Suai
Formed	2001 (2001)
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Praça do Palácio do Gov., Comoro, Dili 8°33′15″S 125°34′45″E / 8.55417°S 125.57917°E / -8.55417; 125.57917
Minister responsible	Francisco da Costa Monteiro [de], Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
Website	Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals
Agency ID	MPM
Ministry logo

Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor)

Functions

Minister

See also

References

External links