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East Timorese government minister

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas
Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Marcos da Cruz [de]
since 1 July 2023
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Style
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
SeatDili, East Timor
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holderEstanislau da Silva
Formation20 September 2001
WebsiteMinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

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 Agriculture and Fisheries;
  2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.

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.

Incumbent

The incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry is Marcos da Cruz [de].

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under one or other of its two different titles:

No. Party Minister Portrait Title Government
(Prime Minister) 		Term start Term end Term in office
1 Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries II UNTAET
(Alkatiri) 		20 September 2001 20 May 2002 5 years, 251 days
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries I Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		20 May 2002 10 July 2006
II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta) 		10 July 2006 19 May 2007
2 Francisco Benevides [de] III Constitutional
(da Silva) 		19 May 2007 8 August 2007 81 days
3 PD Mariano Assanami Sabino Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 7 years, 192 days
V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015
(1) Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 15 September 2017 3 years, 126 days
VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		15 September 2017 22 June 2018
4 KHUNTO Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 29 May 2020 1 year, 342 days
5 Pedro dos Reis VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured) 		29 May 2020 1 July 2023 3 years, 33 days
6 CNRT Marcos da Cruz [de] Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry IX Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		1 July 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 178 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. Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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