| Post: | Minister of Transport and Communications |
| 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 Transport and Communications |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Formation: | 1975 / 2000 |
The Minister of Transport and Communications (Portuguese: Ministro dos Transportes e Comunicações, Tetum: Ministru Transportes no Komunikasoins) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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 Transport and Communications 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 | |||||
| Minister of Transport and Communications | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | |||||||
| Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 20 May 2002 | 26 July 2005 | |||||||
| Minister of Transport and Communications | 26 July 2005 | 25 June 2006 | ||||||||
| 4 | 25 June 2006 | 10 July 2006 | ||||||||
| II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | ||||||||
| 5 | Independent | Minister of Infrastructure | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | |||||
| Minister of Transport and Communications | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | |||||||
| 6 | PD | 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 | |||||||
| 7 | KHUNTO | José Agustinho da Silva | Minister of Transport and Communications | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | ||||
| 11 | CNRT | Minister of Transport and Telecommunications | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||||