Minister of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor)

East Timorese government minister

Ministro do Petróleo e Minerais (Portuguese)
Ministru Petróleu no Minerais (Tetum)

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Flag of East Timor

Incumbent
Francisco da Costa Monteiro [de]
since 1 July 2023

Ministry of Petroleum and MineralsStyle

Minister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)

Member ofConstitutional GovernmentReports toPrime MinisterAppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)Inaugural holderMari AlkatiriWebsiteMinistry of Petroleum and Minerals

The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals (Portuguese: Ministro do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministru Petróleu no Minerais) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals.

Functions

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

to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals;
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

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

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No.		Minister	Title	Government (Prime Minister)	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Fretilin	Mari Alkatiri	Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy	I Constitutional (Alkatiri)	26 July 2005	26 June 2006	335 days
2		José Teixeira [de]		II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta)	10 July 2006	19 May 2007	1 year, 29 days
2		José Teixeira [de]		III Constitutional (da Silva)	19 May 2007	8 August 2007	1 year, 29 days
3	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão	Prime Minister	IV Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2007	8 August 2012	5 years, 0 days
4		Alfredo Pires	Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources	V Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2012	16 February 2015	5 years, 38 days
4		Alfredo Pires	Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources	VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017	5 years, 38 days
5 (a)	PD	Mariano Assanami Sabino	Minister for Mineral Resources	VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	15 September 2017	22 June 2018	280 days
5 (b)	Fretilin	Hernâni Filomena Coelho da Silva	Minister of Petroleum	VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	15 September 2017	22 June 2018	280 days
(acting)	CNRT	Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira	Minister of Petroleum and Minerals	VIII Constitutional (Ruak)	22 June 2018	12 May 2020	1 year, 325 days
6	Fretilin	Víctor da Conceição Soares		VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured)	24 June 2020	1 July 2023	3 years, 7 days
7	CNRT	Francisco da Costa Monteiro [de]		IX Constitutional (Gusmão)	1 July 2023	Incumbent	336 days

References

^ ^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.
^ 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.