José Agustinho da Silva

José Agustinho da Silva is an East Timorese politician and a member of the Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO) political party. He is the incumbent Minister of Transport and Communications, serving since June 2018 under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor.[1]

José Agustinho da Silva
Silva in 2018
Minister of Transport and Communications
Assumed office
22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Member of the National Parliament
In office
2017–2018
Personal details
Political partyKHUNTO

Political career

Silva first came to political prominence in the mid-2010s, when he replaced António Verdial de Sousa as Secretary-General of KHUNTO.[2]

In the 2012 East Timorese parliamentary election, KHUNTO narrowly failed to overcome the 3% electoral threshold and have two members elected to the National Parliament.[3] Silva was the #3 candidate on KHUNTO's list for that election.[4]

In the 2017 parliamentary election, Silva was elected to the National Parliament from #4 on the party's list.[5] He subsequently became Chairman of the Committee for Education, Health and Social Affairs (Committee-F),[6] and an alternate member of the Council of Administration.[7] In September 2017, he became a substitute delegate to the National Parliamentary Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) [8]

In the early election in 2018, Silva was ranked #20 in the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), of which KHUNTO was a part, and was again elected to the National Parliament.[9] On 22 June 2018, he was sworn in as Minister of Transport and Communications, and therefore automatically had to give up his parliamentary seat.[10]

Silva has remained in office as Minister of Transport and Communications notwithstanding the breakdown of the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) coalition during the first few months of 2020, and the consequent restructuring of the government in mid-2020.[11][12]

References
  1. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "PEP-KHUNTO hakfodak bareira 4%". Jornal Nacional Diário (in Tetum). 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. Pawelz, Janina; Myrttinen, Henri (2012). "Wahlen in Timor-Leste: Feuerprobe für Sicherheit und Konsolidierung" [Timor-Leste Elections: Trial by fire for security and consolidation] (PDF). GIGA Focus (in German). German Institute of Global and Area Studies (7/2012): 6. ISSN 1862-359X. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. Compendium of the 2012 Elections in Timor-Leste: As of 19 June 2012 (PDF). Dili: UNMIT and UNDP. 2012. p. 64. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. "2017 Timor-Leste Parliamentary Election: List of Parliamentary slates from all parties" (PDF) (Press release). La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring & Analysis. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. "Comissões Especializadas Permanentes » Competencia e Composição" [Permanent Specialised Committees » Competencies and Composition] (in Portuguese). 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. "National Parliament elects the members of the Council of Administration". East Timor Law & Justice Bulletin. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. "Resolução do Parlamento Nacional N.o 20 / 2017 de 27 de Setembro" [National Parliament Resolution No. 20/2017 of 27 September] (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of Timor-Leste. 1 (38): 1601. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  9. "Aviso: Lista Definitiva de Candidaturas Eleição Parlamentar 12 de Maio de 2018" [Notice: Final List of Candidates Parliamentary Election 12 May 2018] (PDF) (Press release) (in Portuguese). Democratic Republic of East Timor. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. "Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli" [First group of members of the VIII Timorese Government take office in Dili]. SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Lusa. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  11. "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  12. "Timor-Leste's Eighth Constitutional Government (updated 17 July 2020)". La'o Hamutuk website. La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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