Minister of Health (East Timor) explained

Post:	Minister of Health
Insignia:	Coat of arms of East Timor.svg
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 Health
Style:	Minister Her Excellency
Member Of:	Constitutional Government
Reports To:	Prime Minister
Seat:	Dili, East Timor
Appointer:	President of East Timor
Formation:	20 September 2001
Inaugural:	Rui Maria de Araújo

The Minister of Health (Portuguese: Ministra da Saúde, Tetum: Ministra Saúde) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Health.

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.

Incumbent

The incumbent Minister of Health is . She is assisted by two deputy ministers.^{[1] [2] [3]}

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Health:

	Party		Minister	Portrait	Government (Prime Minister)	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1		Independent	Rui Maria de Araújo		II UNTAET (Alkatiri)	20 September 2001	20 May 2002
	I Constitutional (Alkatiri)				20 May 2002	10 July 2006
	II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta)				10 July 2006	19 May 2007
		Fretilin			III Constitutional (da Silva)	19 May 2007	8 August 2007
2		Independent			IV Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2007	8 August 2012
3		CNRT	Sérgio Lobo		V Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2012	16 February 2015
4	Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa			VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017
(1)		Fretilin	Rui Maria de Araújo		VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	15 September 2017	22 June 2018
(acting)		CNRT			VIII Constitutional (Ruak)	22 June 2018	3 April 2020
(acting)		PLP			3 April 2020	29 May 2020
5		Fretilin	Odete Maria Freitas Belo		VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured)	29 May 2020	1 July 2023
6		CNRT			IX Constitutional (Gusmão)	1 July 2023	Incumbent

References

Notes

External links

• – official site

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. News: Martins . Filomeno . The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette . 2023-07-01 . . 2023-06-30.
3. 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.