Minister of Health (East Timor)

The Minister of Health (Portuguese: Ministra da Saúde, Tetum: Ministra Saúde) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Health.

Minister of Health
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Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Odete Maria Freitas Belo
since 29 May 2020
Ministry of Health
StyleMinister
(informal)
Her Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
SeatDili, East Timor
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holderRui Maria de Araújo
Formation20 September 2001
WebsiteMinistry of Health

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 Health;
  2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry of Health.[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 Health is Odete Maria Freitas Belo. She is assisted by Bonifácio dos Reis, Vice-Minister of Health.[2][3][4]

List of Ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Health:

No. Party Minister Portrait Government
(Prime Minister)		 Term start Term end Term in office
1 Independent Rui Maria de Araújo II UNTAET
(Alkatiri)		 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 5 years, 332 days
I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 20 May 2002 10 July 2006
II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)		 10 July 2006 19 May 2007
Fretilin III Constitutional
(da Silva)		 19 May 2007 8 August 2007
2 Independent Nélson Martins IV Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 5 years, 0 days
3 CNRT Sérgio Lobo V Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 2 years, 192 days
4 Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa VI Constitutional
(Araújo)		 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 2 years, 211 days
(1) Fretilin Rui Maria de Araújo VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 280 days
(acting) CNRT Élia dos Reis Amaral VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)		 22 June 2018 3 April 2020 1 year, 286 days
(acting) PLP Bonifácio dos Reis 3 April 2020 29 May 2020 56 days
5 Fretilin Odete Maria Freitas Belo VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured)		 29 May 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 354 days

References
  1. "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. "Presidente timorense dá posse a 19 novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in 19 new members of the Government]. SAPO (in Portuguese). Lusa. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

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