Minister of the Interior (East Timor)

East Timorese government minister

Minister of the Interior

* Ministro do Interior (Portuguese)
* Ministru Interiór (Tetum)

Coat of Arms of East Timor

Flag of East Timor

Incumbent
Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]

since 1 July 2023

Ministry of the Interior
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|

* Alarico Fernandes
* (1975)
* Jean-Christian Cady [de]
* (2000)

Formation| 1975 / 2000
Website| Ministry of the Interior

The Minister of the Interior (Portuguese: Ministro do Interior, Tetum: Ministru Interiór) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of the Interior.

## Functions

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

1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of the Interior;
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

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The incumbent Minister of the Interior is Francisco da Costa Guterres [de].[2][3]

## List of ministers

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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 | Alarico Fernandes |  | Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security  | 1975 CoM
(Lobato)  | 1 December 1975  | 17 December 1975  | 16 days
2  |  | United Nations | Jean-Christian Cady [de] |  | Minister for Police and Emergency Services  | I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello)  | 15 July 2000  | 20 September 2001  | 1 year, 67 days
3  |  | Fretilin | Antoninho Bianco [de] |  | Minister of Internal Administration  | II UNTAET
(Alkatiri)  | 20 September 2001  | 20 May 2002  | 242 days
4  | Rogério Tiago Lobato |  | Minister of Internal Administration
(to 4 March 2003)
Minister of Interior
(from 6 March 2003) | I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)  | 20 May 2002  | 1 June 2006  | 4 years, 12 days
5  |  | Independent | Alcino Baris [de] |  | Minister of Interior  | II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)  | 10 July 2006  | 19 May 2007  | 1 year, 29 days
III Constitutional
(da Silva)  | 19 May 2007  | 8 August 2007
6  |  | 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
7  |  | Independent | Longuinhos Monteiro |  | Minister of the Interior  | VI Constitutional
(Araújo)  | 16 February 2015  | 15 September 2017  | 2 years, 211 days
8  |  | Fretilin | Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo |  | Minister of Defence and Security  | VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)  | 3 October 2017  | 22 June 2018  | 262 days
(acting) |  | Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus |  | Minister of the Interior  | VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)  | 22 June 2018  | 24 June 2020  | 2 years, 2 days
9  |  | PLP | Taur Matan Ruak |  | VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured) | 24 June 2020  | 1 July 2023  | 3 years, 7 days
10  |  | CNRT | Francisco da Costa Guterres [de] |  | IX Constitutional
(Gusmão)  | 1 July 2023  | Incumbent | 1 year, 158 days

## References

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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

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Media related to Ministers of the Interior of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons

* Ministry of the Interior – official site

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