Minister of Justice (East Timor)

East Timorese government minister

Minister of Justice

* Ministro da Justiça (Portuguese)
* Ministru Justisa (Tetum)

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Incumbent
Amândio Benevides [de]

since 1 July 2023

Ministry of Justice
Style| Minister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member of| Constitutional Government
Reports to| Prime Minister
Appointer| President of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holder|

* António Duarte Carvarino Mau Lear [de]
* (1975)
* Gita Honwana-Welch
* (2000)

Formation| 1975 / 2000
Website| Ministry of Justice

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

## Functions

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The Minister has the power and the duty:

1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Justice;
2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]

Falling within those powers and duties are responsibilities such as overseeing the recruitment of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders.[2]

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

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The incumbent minister is Amândio Benevides [de].[3][4]

## List of ministers

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The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Justice:[5]

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

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1  |  | Fretilin | António Duarte Carvarino Mau Lear [de] |  | 1975 CoM
(Lobato)  | 1 December 1975  | 17 December 1975  | 16 days
2  |  | United Nations | Gita Honwana-Welch |  | I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello)  | 15 July 2000  | 20 September 2001  | 1 year, 67 days
3  |  | Fretilin | Ana Maria Pessoa |  | II UNTAET
(Alkatiri)  | 20 September 2001  | 20 May 2002  | 1 year, 180 days
I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)  | 20 May 2002  | 19 March 2003
4  | Domingos Sarmento [de] |  | 19 March 2003  | 10 July 2006  | 4 years, 142 days
II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)  | 10 July 2006  | 19 May 2007
III Constitutional
(da Silva)  | 19 May 2007  | 8 August 2007
5  |  | PSD | Lúcia Lobato |  | IV Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 8 August 2007  | March 2012
(suspended) | 5 years, 0 days
(incl. suspension)
(acting) |  | CNRT | Ivo Valente [de] |  | March 2012  | 8 August 2012  | c. 145 days
6  | Dionísio Babo Soares |  | V Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 8 August 2012  | 16 February 2015  | 2 years, 192 days
7  | Ivo Valente [de] |  | VI Constitutional
(Araújo)  | 16 February 2015  | 3 October 2017  | 2 years, 229 days
8  |  | UDT | Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão |  | VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)  | 3 October 2017  | 22 June 2018  | 262 days
9  |  | Independent | Manuel Cárceres da Costa |  | VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)  | 22 June 2018  | 22 March 2022  | 3 years, 273 days
10  |  |  | Tiago Amaral Sarmento |  | 22 March 2022  | 1 July 2023  | 1 year, 101 days
11  |  | CNRT | Amândio Benevides [de] |  | IX Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 1 July 2023  | 20 January 2024  | 203 days

## References

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1. ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. ^ Silva, Kelly Cristiane da; Simião, Daniel Schroeter (2007). Timor-Leste por trás do palco: cooperação internacional e a dialética da formação do estado (in Portuguese). Editora UFMG. ISBN 9788570415981.
3. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "História do Ministério: Ministros da Justiça Anteriores de Timor-Leste – Desde 2002" [History of the Ministry: Former Ministers of Justice of Timor-Leste – Since 2002]. Ministry of Justice (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

## External links

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

* Ministry of Justice – official site (in Portuguese and Tetum)

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