Minister of Defense (Timor-Leste)

Minister of Defense
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Pedro Klamar Fuik [de]
since 1 July 2023
Ministry of Defense
Style
Member ofthe government
Reports toPrime minister
AppointerPresident
(following proposal by the Prime minister)
Formation1975 / 2005
First holder
WebsiteOfficial website

The Minister of Defense (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa, Tetum: Ministru Defeza) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Defense.

Functions

Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:

  1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Defense;
  2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]

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.[1]

Incumbent

The incumbent Minister of Defense is Pedro Klamar Fuik [de].[2][3]

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No. Party Minister Portrait Title Government
(Prime Minister) 		Term start Term end Term in office
1 Fretilin Rogerio Lobato Minister of National Defense 1975 CoM
(Lobato) 		1 December 1975 17 December 1975 16 days
1975–1999: Indonesian occupation of East Timor
2 Independent Roque Félix Rodrigues Minister of Defence I Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		26 July 2005 1 June 2006 310 days
(acting) José Ramos-Horta 1 June 2006 10 June 2006 9 days
3 II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta) 		10 July 2006 19 May 2007 313 days
4 Fretilin Estanislau da Silva III Constitutional
(da Silva) 		19 May 2007 8 August 2007 81 days
5 CNRT Xanana Gusmão Minister of Defense IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 7 years, 192 days
Minister of Defence and Security V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015
6 Cirilo Cristóvão Minister of Defence VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 3 October 2017 2 years, 229 days
7 Fretilin Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo Minister of Defence and Security VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		3 October 2017 22 June 2018 262 days
8 Independent Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus Minister of Defense VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 1 July 2023 5 years, 9 days
9 Pedro Klamar Fuik [de] IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 178 days

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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