| Post: | Minister of Justice |
| 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 |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Justice |
| Style: | Minister His Excellency |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Formation: | 1975 / 2000 |
The Minister of Justice (pt|Ministro da Justiça, tet|Ministru Justisa) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Justice.
The Minister has the power and the duty:
Falling within those powers and duties are responsibilities such as overseeing the recruitment of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders.[1]
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 .[2] [3]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Justice:[4]
| 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 | Gita Honwana-Welch | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) | 15 July 2000 | 20 September 2001 | ||||
| 3 | Fretilin | Ana Maria Pessoa | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | ||||
| I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 19 March 2003 | |||||||
| 4 | 19 March 2003 | 10 July 2006 | |||||||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 5 | PSD | Lúcia Lobato | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | March 2012 (suspended) | ||||
| (acting) | CNRT | March 2012 | 8 August 2012 | ||||||
| 6 | Dionísio Babo Soares | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | |||||
| 7 | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 3 October 2017 | ||||||
| 8 | UDT | Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||
| 9 | Independent | Manuel Cárceres da Costa | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 22 March 2022 | ||||
| 10 | Tiago Amaral Sarmento | 22 March 2022 | 1 July 2023 | ||||||
| 11 | CNRT | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | 20 January 2024 | |||||