VII Constitutional Government of East Timor

The VII Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VII Governu Konstitusionál) was the seventh 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
Date formed	15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
Date dissolved	22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)
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
	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 Maria dos 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
	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	Portfolio
Fretilin	Luís Maria Ribeiro Freitas Lobato	Vice Minister of Health
Fretilin	Deolindo da Silva	Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	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
	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
	Sebastião Dias Ximenes	Vice Minister of Justice
	Jacinto Gusmão	Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry
PD	Rui Menezes da Costa	Vice Minister of Tourism

Secretaries of State

Party	Secretary of State	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
	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

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.