Minister of Defense (East Timor)

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.

Minister of Defense
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus
since 22 June 2018
Ministry of Defense
StyleMinister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member ofthe government
Reports toPrime minister
AppointerPresident
(following proposal by the Prime minister)
Formation1975 / 2005
First holder
WebsiteOfficial website

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 Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus.[2]

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 Incumbent 4 years, 329 days

See also

References
  1. "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. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 10 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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