Minister of Defense (East Timor)

East Timorese government minister

Minister of Defense

* Ministro da Defesa (Portuguese)
* Ministru Defeza (Tetum)

Coat of Arms of East Timor

Flag of East Timor

Incumbent
Pedro Klamar Fuik [de]
since 1 July 2023

Ministry of Defense
Style|

* Minister
* (informal)
* His Excellency
* (formal, diplomatic)

Member of| the government
Reports to| Prime minister
Appointer| President
(following proposal by the Prime minister)
Formation| 1975 / 2005
First holder|

* Rogerio Lobato
* (1975)
* Roque Félix Rodrigues
* (2005)

Website| Official website

The Minister of Defense (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa, Tetum: Ministru Defeza) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Defense.

## Functions[edit]

Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:

1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Defense;
2. 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[edit]

The incumbent Minister of Defense is Pedro Klamar Fuik [de].[2][3]

## List of ministers[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No. | Party  | Minister  | Portrait  | Title  | Government
(Prime Minister)  | Term start  | Term end  | Term in office

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1  |  | Fretilin | Rogerio Lobato |  | Minister of National Defense  | 1975 CoM
(Lobato)  | 1 December 1975  | 17 December 1975  | 16 days
1975–1999: Indonesian occupation of East Timor
2  |  | Independent | Roque Félix Rodrigues |  | Minister of Defence  | I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)  | 26 July 2005  | 1 June 2006  | 310 days
(acting) | José Ramos-Horta |  | 1 June 2006  | 10 June 2006  | 9 days
3  | II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)  | 10 July 2006  | 19 May 2007  | 313 days
4  |  | Fretilin | Estanislau da Silva |  | III Constitutional
(da Silva)  | 19 May 2007  | 8 August 2007  | 81 days
5  |  | CNRT | Xanana Gusmão |  | Minister of Defense  | IV Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 8 August 2007  | 8 August 2012  | 7 years, 192 days
Minister of Defence and Security  | V Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 8 August 2012  | 16 February 2015
6  | Cirilo Cristóvão |  | Minister of Defence  | VI Constitutional
(Araújo)  | 16 February 2015  | 3 October 2017  | 2 years, 229 days
7  |  | Fretilin | Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo |  | Minister of Defence and Security  | VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)  | 3 October 2017  | 22 June 2018  | 262 days
8  |  | Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus |  | Minister of Defense  | VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)  | 22 June 2018  | 1 July 2023  | 5 years, 9 days
9  | Pedro Klamar Fuik [de] |  | IX Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 1 July 2023  | Incumbent | 151 days

## See also[edit]

* Timor Leste Defence Force

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Ministers of Defence of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons

* Ministry of Defense – official site (in Tetum)

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