| Post: | Minister of Finance |
| Insigniaalt: | Coat of Arms of East Timor |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of East Timor |
| Flag: | Flag of East Timor.svg |
| Flagalt: | Flag of East Timor |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of East Timor |
| Incumbent: | Santina Viegas Cardoso |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Finance |
| Style: | Minister Her Excellency |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Formation: | 1975 / 2000 |
The Minister of Finance (Portuguese: Ministra das Finanças, Tetum: Ministra Finansas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Finance.
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 is Santina Viegas Cardoso.[1] [2]
The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Government (Prime Minister) | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fretilin | 1975 CoM (Lobato) | 1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | |||||
| 2 | United Nations | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) | 15 July 2000 | 20 September 2001 | |||||
| 3 | Independent | Fernanda Mesquita Borges | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 23 April 2002 | ||||
| 4 | Fretilin | Maria Madalena Brites Boavida | < | ----> | 30 April 2002 | 20 May 2002 | |||
| I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | |||||||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 5 | Independent | Emília Pires | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | ||||
| V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | |||||||
| 6 | Santina Cardoso | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||
| 7 | Independent | Rui Augusto Gomes | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||
| (acting) | CNRT | Sara Lobo Brites | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 29 May 2020 | ||||
| 8 | Fretilin | Fernando Hanjam | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) | 29 May 2020 | 5 November 2020 | ||||
| (acting) | Independent | Sara Lobo Brites | 5 November 2020 | 23 November 2020 | |||||
| (7) | Independent | Rui Augusto Gomes | 23 November 2020 | 1 July 2023 | |||||
| (6) | CNRT | Santina Viegas Cardoso | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | ||||