Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor) explained

Post:	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
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 Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Member Of:	Constitutional Government
Reports To:	Prime Minister
Appointer:	President of East Timor
Formation:	1975 / 2000
Inaugural:	José Ramos-Horta

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Portuguese: Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação, Tetum: Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Functions

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.

History

In the 1975 Council of Ministers, and also in the I UNTAET Transitional Government (2000–2001),^{[1] [2] [3]} the title of the Minister was "Minister of Foreign Affairs". When the II UNTAET Transitional Government took office on 20 September 2001, the title was changed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.^[4]

Incumbent

The incumbent minister is .^{[5] [6]}

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

	Party		Minister	Portrait	Government (Prime Minister)	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1		Fretilin	José Ramos-Horta		1975 CoM (Lobato)	1 December 1975	17 December 1975
(1)		Independent	José Ramos-Horta		I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello)	15 July 2000	31 March 2001
	15 July 2001				20 September 2001
	II UNTAET (Alkatiri)				20 September 2001	20 May 2002
	I Constitutional (Alkatiri)				20 May 2002	10 July 2006
2		Fretilin	José Luís Guterres		II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta)	10 July 2006	19 May 2007
(acting)	Adaljíza Magno			III Constitutional (da Silva)	19 May 2007	8 August 2007
3		PSD	Zacarias da Costa		IV Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2007	8 August 2012
(2)		FM	José Luís Guterres		V Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2012	16 February 2015
4		Fretilin	Hernâni Coelho		VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017
5	Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres			VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	15 September 2017	22 June 2018
6		CNRT	Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares		VIII Constitutional (Ruak)	22 June 2018	25 May 2020
7		Fretilin	Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno		VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured)	24 June 2020	1 July 2023
8		CNRT			IX Constitutional (Gusmão)	1 July 2023	Incumbent

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fox . James J. . James J. Fox . FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) . Ooi . Keat Gin . [{{GBurl|QKgraWbb7yoC}} Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor ]. 2004 . . Santa Barbara, CA, USA . 1576077705 . 522–523 .

External links

• – official site (inactive)

Notes and References

1. Web site: First meeting of Transitional Cabinet . peacekeeping.un.org . 19 December 2021 . 17 July 2000.
2. UNTAET, East Timor shape new cabinet and legislative body . Tais Timor . 6 August 2000 . 1 . 12 . 19 December 2021.
3. Book: Beuman . Lydia . [{{GBurl|8GCFCwAAQBAJ}} Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation ]. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series . 2016 . Routledge . Abingdon, Oxon . 9781138950337 .
4. Web site: II UNTAET Transitional Government . Government of Timor-Leste . 18 December 2021.
5. News: Martins . Filomeno . The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette . 2023-07-01 . . 2023-06-30.
6. 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.