Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor)

The Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (MPM; Portuguese: Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais) is the government department of East Timor accountable for energy policy, management of mineral resources, and related matters.

Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals
  • Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais  (Portuguese)
  • Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais  (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor

Office of the Ministry, Suai
Ministry overview
Formed2001 (2001)
JurisdictionGovernment of East Timor
HeadquartersPraça do Palácio do Gov., Comoro, Dili
8°33′15″S 125°34′45″E
Minister responsible
WebsiteMinistry of Petroleum and Minerals
Agency IDMPM
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Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design and implementation of policies for the following areas:

and for the licensing and regulation of extractive activity and industrial activity to benefit petroleum and minerals, including petrochemicals and refining.[1]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Petroleum and Minerals is Víctor da Conceição Soares.[1][2][3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 26 March 2022. 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 26 March 2022.
  3. "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 26 March 2022.
  4. Soares, Víctor da Conceição (20 August 2020). "LETTER: Timor-Leste aims to reinvigorate its oil and gas sector". Upstream. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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