Post: | Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion |
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 Social Solidarity and Inclusion |
Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
Reports To: | Prime Minister |
Appointer: | President of East Timor |
Formation: | 2007 |
Inaugural: | Maria Domingas Alves |
The Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (Portuguese: Ministra da Solidariedade Social e Inclusão, Tetum: Ministra Solidariedade Sosiál no Inkluzaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion.
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 Social Solidarity and Inclusion is .[1]
The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) | Term start | Term end | Term in office | ||
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1 | Independent | Maria Domingas Alves | Minister of Social Solidarity | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | |||
2 | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||||
VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||||
3 | Fretilin | Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||
4 | KHUNTO | Armanda Berta dos Santos | Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | |||
5 | CNRT | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent |