| Post: | Minister of State Administration |
| 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 State Administration |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Formation: | 2000 |
| Inaugural: | Ana Pessoa Pinto |
The Minister of State Administration (Portuguese: Ministro da Administração Estatal, Tetum: Ministru Administrasaun Estatál) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of State Administration.
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 State Administration is . He is assisted by, Deputy Minister of State Administration.[1] [2] [3]
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 | Ana Pessoa Pinto | Minister for Internal Administration | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) | 15 July 2000 | 15 July 2001 | |||
| 2 | PD | 15 July 2001 | 20 September 2001 | ||||||
| 3 | Fretilin | Minister of Internal Administration | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | ||||
| 4 | Rogério Tiago Lobato | Minister of Internal Administration Minister of Interior | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 26 July 2005 | ||||
| (1) | Ana Pessoa Pinto | Minister for State Administration | 26 July 2005 | 10 July 2006 | |||||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 5 | PD | Minister of State Administration and Territorial Planning | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | ||||
| 6 | FM | Jorge Teme | Minister of State Administration | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | |||
| 7 | CNRT | Dionísio Babo Soares | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | ||||
| 8 | Fretilin | Valentim Ximenes | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||
| (acting) | CNRT | Abílio José Caetano | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 29 May 2020 | ||||
| 9 | Fretilin | Miguel Pereira de Carvalho | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) | 29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | ||||
| 10 | CNRT | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||||