| Post: | Minister of Public Works |
| 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 Public Works |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Formation: | 1975 / 2000 |
The Minister of Public Works (pt|Ministro das Obras Públicas, tet|Ministru Obras Públikas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Public Works.
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 Public Works is .[1] [2]
The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) | Term start | Term end | Term in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fretilin | Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications | 1975 CoM (Lobato) | 1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | ||||
| 2 | UDT | João Viegas Carrascalão | Minister for Infrastructure | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) | 15 July 2000 | 16 July 2001 | |||
| 3 | Fretilin | 16 July 2001 | 20 September 2001 | ||||||
| 4 | Minister of Water and Public Works | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | |||||
| (3) | Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 26 July 2005 | |||||
| 5 | Independent | < | ----> | Minister of Public Works | 26 July 2005 | 1 June 2006 | |||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 6 | Minister of Infrastructure | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | |||||
| 7 | PD | Minister of Public Works | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||
| Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | ||||||
| Independent | |||||||||
| Vacant | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||||
| 8 | Independent | Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires | Minister of Public Works | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 22 March 2022 | |||
| 9 | Abel Pires da Silva | 22 March 2022 | 1 July 2023 | ||||||
| 10 | CNRT | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||||