| Post: | Minister of the Interior |
| 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 the Interior |
| Member Of: | Constitutional Government |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Formation: | 1975 / 2000 |
The Minister of the Interior (pt|Ministro do Interior, tet|Ministru Interiór) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of the Interior.
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 the Interior 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 | Alarico Fernandes | Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security | 1975 CoM (Lobato) | 1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | |||
| 2 | United Nations | Minister for Police and Emergency Services | I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello) | 15 July 2000 | 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 | 1 June 2006 | ||||
| 5 | Independent | Minister of Interior | II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) | 10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||
| III Constitutional (da Silva) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||||
| 6 | CNRT | Xanana Gusmão | Minister of Defense | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | |||
| Minister of Defence and Security | V Constitutional (Gusmão) | 8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | ||||||
| 7 | Independent | Longuinhos Monteiro | Minister of the Interior | VI Constitutional (Araújo) | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||
| 8 | Fretilin | Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo | Minister of Defence and Security | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) | 3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | |||
| (acting) | Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus | Minister of the Interior | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) | 22 June 2018 | 24 June 2020 | |||
| 9 | PLP | Taur Matan Ruak | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) | 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | ||||
| 10 | CNRT | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||||