VII Constitutional Government of East Timor

The VII Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VII Governu Konstitusionál) was the seventh Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 15 September 2017,[1] it was led by the country's second Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri,[1] and was replaced by the VIII Constitutional Government on 22 June 2018.[2]

VII Constitutional Government
VII Constitutional Government of East Timor
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri
Date formed	15 September 2017
Date dissolved	22 June 2018
People and organisations
President	Francisco Guterres
Prime Minister	Mari Alkatiri
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 15 other Ministers 2 Deputy Ministers of the Prime Minister 13 Vice Ministers 6 Secretaries of State
Member parties	Fretilin–PD
Status in legislature	Minority 30 / 65 (46%)
History
Election(s)	2017
Predecessor	VI Constitutional Government
Successor	VIII Constitutional Government

Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers of the Prime Minister, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:[3]

Ministers

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Fretilin	Mari Alkatiri		Prime Minister Minister for Development and Institutional Reform
	Independent	José Ramos-Horta		Minister of State and Counselor for National Security
	Fretilin	Rui Maria de Araújo		Minister of State and Minister of Health
	Fretilin	Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva		Minister of State and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
	PD	Mariano Assanami Sabino		Minister of State and Minister for Mineral Resources
	PD	Adriano do Nascimento		Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
	CNRT	Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira		Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Borders
	Fretilin	José Reis		Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for Governance Affairs
	Fretilin	Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres		Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	Fretilin	Valentim Ximenes		Minister of State Administration
	Independent	Rui Augusto Gomes		Minister for Planning and Finance
	PLP	Fernando Hanjam		Minister of Education and Culture
	Fretilin	Hernani Filomena Coelho da Silva		Minister of Petroleum
	UDT	Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão		Minister of Justice
	PD	António da Conceição		Minister for Commerce and Industry
	Fretilin	Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo		Minister for Defence and Security
	Fretilin	Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith		Minister of Social Solidarity
		Manuel Florêncio da Canossa Vong		Minister for Tourism

Vice Ministers

Party		Vice Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Fretilin	Luís Maria Ribeiro Freitas Lobato		Vice Minister of Health
	Fretilin	Deolindo da Silva		Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	Independent	Mariano Renato Monteiro da Cruz		Vice Minister for Development of Public Works
	Fretilin	Abrão Gabriel Santos Oliveira		Vice Minister for Development of Housing, Planning and Environment
	Fretilin	Inácio Freitas Moreira		Vice Minister for Development of Transport and Communications
	Fretilin	Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno		Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	PD	José Anuno		Vice Minister of State Administration
	CNRT	Sara Lobo Brites		Vice Minister of Planning and Finance
	PLP	José António de Jesus das Neves		Vice Minister of Education and Culture
	PD	Lurdes Maria Bessa		Vice Minister for Education and Culture
	CNRT	Sebastião Dias Ximenes		Vice Minister of Justice
	CNRT	Jacinto Gusmão		Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry
	PD	Rui Menezes da Costa		Vice Minister of Tourism

Secretaries of State

Party		Secretary of State	Portrait	Portfolio
	Fretilin	Matias Freitas Boavida		Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers and of Social Communication
	Fretilin	Osório Florindo da Conceição Costa		Secretary of State for Sport and Promotion of Top-Level Sport
	PD	Nívio Leite Magalhães		Secretary of State for Youth and Labour
	Independent	Laura Menezes Lopes		Secretary of State for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
	PLP	André da Costa Belo		Secretary of State for Veterans
	PLP	Cipriano Esteves Doutel Ferreira		Secretary of State of Agriculture and Fisheries

References

Notes

1. "VII Governo constitucional de Timor-Leste toma hoje posse incompleto" [VII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste takes incomplete possession today]. Sapo.pt. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
2. "Transitional Ministerial Administration". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
3. "VII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

Further reading

• Leach, Michael (15 September 2017). "Timor-Leste heads for minority government". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
• Neves, Guteriano (18 September 2017). "Timor's Politics: New Government, New Hope Amid Uncertainty". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
• Leach, Michael (24 October 2017). "A return to belligerent democracy?". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
• Leach, Michael (5 January 2018). "Timor-Leste's parliamentary endgame". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

External links

• Program of the Seventh Constitutional Government (roughly translated from Portuguese) – Government of East Timor
• Timor-Leste's Seventh Constitutional Government – La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis