IX Constitutional Government of East Timor explained

Cabinet Name:	IX Constitutional Government
Cabinet Type:	Constitutional Government
Cabinet Number:	IX
Jurisdiction:	East Timor
Flag:	Flag of East Timor.svg
Flag Border:	true
Incumbent:	Incumbent
Government Head:	Xanana Gusmão
State Head:	José Ramos-Horta
Political Parties:	CNRT–PD
Legislature Status:	Majority
Election:	2023
Previous:	VIII Constitutional Government
State Head Title:	President
Government Head Title:	Prime Minister

The IX Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the ninth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. It was formed on 1 July 2023, and is led by Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão. It is his second term after 2007 to 2015^[1]

Composition

The government is made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers^[2] and Secretaries of State, as follows:^{[3] [4] [5]}

Ministers

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão		Prime Minister CNRT leader
	CNRT	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay		Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Minister of Tourism and Environment
	PD	Mariano "Assanami" Lopes		Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Rural Development Affairs PD leader
	CNRT	Ágio Pereira		Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
	CNRT			Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	CNRT	Santina Viegas Cardoso		Minister of Finance
	Independent			Minister of Justice
	CNRT	Dulce de Jesus Soares		Minister of Education
	CNRT			Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture
	CNRT			Minister of State Administration
	CNRT			Minister of Health
	CNRT			Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
	CNRT			Minister of National Liberation Fighter Affairs
	CNRT			Minister of Public Works
	CNRT			Minister of Transport and Communications
	PD			Minister of Commerce and Industry
	CNRT			Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry
	Independent			Minister of Defense
	CNRT			Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
	CNRT			Minister of the Interior
	CNRT			Minister of Youth, Sport, Art and Culture
	PD			Minister of Strategic Investment

Deputy Ministers

Party		Deputy Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT			Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
	CNRT			Deputy Minister for Health
	CNRT			Deputy Minister for ASEAN affairs
	CNRT			Deputy Minister for Institutional Empowerment
	CNRT			Deputy Minister for Strengthening Health Institutions
				Deputy Minister of Infrastructure
	CNRT			Deputy Minister of State Administration
	PD			Deputy Minister of Commerce
	Independent			Deputy Minister of Solidarity, Social, and Inclusion
	PD			Deputy Minister of Hospital Operations

Secretaries of State

Party		Secretary of State	Portrait	Portfolio
	PD			Secretary of State for Equality
	Independent			Secretary of State for Social Communications
	CNRT			Secretary of State for Land and Property
	CNRT			Secretary of State for High School and Technical Schools
		Santos Noronha		Secretary of State for Electricity, Water, and Sanitation
		Jorge Soares Cristóvão		Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
	CNRT	Domingos dos Santos da Conceição		Secretary of State for Fisheries
		José Vieira de Araújo		Secretary of State for Livestock
	PD	Ferdinando Vieira		Secretary of State for Forestry
	CNRT			Secretary of State for Cooperatives
	CNRT	Rogério Araújo Mendonça		Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment
		Mateus dos Santos Talo		Secretary of State for Rural Development
		Germano Santa Brites Dias		Secretary of State for Toponomy and State Urban Organizations
		Domingos Mariano Reis		Secretary of State for Civil Protection
		César da Silva dos Santos "Merak"		Secretary of State for Veterans

References

Further reading

• News: Davidson . Helen . ‘Playing the China card’ or a serious regional threat? Timor Leste’s new deal with Beijing . 2023-09-29 . . 2023-09-28.
• Web site: Kingsbury . Damien . Damien Kingsbury . Timor-Leste’s democratic strength belies an uncertain economic future . East Asia Forum . 2023-08-06 . en . 2023-06-15.
• News: Needham . Kirsty . Exclusive: Timor president says China military cooperation 'never discussed' . 2023-09-29 . . 2023-09-29 . en.
• Web site: Neves . Guteriano . Timor-Leste: Breaking free from temptation of easy money . The Interpreter . . 2023-07-27 . en . 2023-07-07.

Notes and References

1. News: . Líderes de partidos do novo Governo timorense analisam calendário da posse com PR . Party leaders of the new Timorese Government analyze inauguration calendar with PR . 2023-06-11 . . . 2023-06-09 . pt-PT.
2. The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
3. News: Martins . Filomeno . The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette . 2023-07-01 . . 2023-06-30.
4. News: Sousa . Nelson de . PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu . President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government . 2023-07-01 . Tatoli . 2023-07-01 . tet.
5. News: Martins . Filomeno . Xanana Gusmão sworn in as Timor-Leste’s new Prime Minister . 2023-07-03 . Tatoli . 2023-07-01.