Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor) explained

Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals
Type:	Ministry
Seal Alt:	Coat of Arms of East Timor
Image Alt:	Office of the Ministry, Suai
Jurisdiction:	Government of East Timor
Headquarters:	Praça do Palácio do Gov., Comoro, Dili
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
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Agency Id:	MPM
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The Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (MPM; Portuguese: Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais) is the government department of East Timor accountable for energy policy, management of mineral resources, and related matters.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design and implementation of policies for the following areas:

• energy;
• management of mineral resources, including oil and other strategic ores;

and for the licensing and regulation of extractive activity and industrial activity to benefit petroleum and minerals, including petrochemicals and refining.^[1]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Petroleum and Minerals is .^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of petroleum ministries
• Politics of East Timor

External links

• – official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government . Government of Timor-Leste . 26 March 2022.
2. News: Martins . Filomeno . The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette . 2023-07-01 . . 2023-06-30.
3. News: Sousa . Nelson de . PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu . President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government . 2023-07-01 . Tatoli . 2023-07-01 . tet.