Post: | Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry |
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 Tourism, Trade and Industry |
Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
Reports To: | Prime Minister |
Appointer: | President of East Timor |
Formation: | 2007 |
The Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry (Portuguese: Ministro do Turismo, Comércio e Indústria, Tetum: Ministru Turizmu, Komérsiu no Indústria) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry.
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 Commerce and Industry 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 | |||
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1 | ASDT | Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | |||||
2 (a) | PD | António da Conceição | Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||
VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 10 August 2015 | ||||||||
3 (a) | 10 August 2015 | 15 September 2017 | ||||||||
(2 (a)) | António da Conceição | Minister for Commerce and Industry | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | |||||
2 (b) | CNRT | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | Minister of Tourism | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||||
3 (b) | Independent | Manuel Florêncio da Canossa Vong | Minister of Tourism | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||||
(acting) | CNRT | Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira | Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 12 May 2020 | ||||
4 | Fretilin | José Lucas do Carmo da Silva | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) | 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | |||||
5 (b) | PD | Minister of Commerce and Industry | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent |