| Post: | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Native Name: | Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of East Timor |
| Flag: | Flag of East Timor.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of East Timor |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Seat: | Dili, East Timor |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Appointer Qualified: | (following proposal by the) |
| Formation: | 20 September 2001 |
| Inaugural: | Estanislau da Silva |
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
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.
The incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry is .[1] [2]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under one or other of its two different titles:
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fretilin | Estanislau Aleixo da Silva | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | ||||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | |||||||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 3 | PD | Mariano Assanami Sabino | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | ||||
| V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||||||
| (1) | Fretilin | Estanislau Aleixo da Silva | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||
| VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||||||
| 4 | KHUNTO | Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 29 May 2020 | |||||
| 5 | Pedro dos Reis | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) | 29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | ||||||
| 6 | CNRT | Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||||