Minister of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor)

The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals (Portuguese: Ministro do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministru Petróleu no Minerais) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals.

Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
  • Ministro do Petróleo e Minerais  (Portuguese)
  • Ministru Petróleu no Minerais  (Tetum)
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Incumbent
Víctor da Conceição Soares
since 24 June 2020
Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals
StyleMinister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holderMari Alkatiri
WebsiteMinistry of Petroleum and Minerals

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 Petroleum and Minerals;
  2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]

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.[1]

Incumbent

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

List of Ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister:

No. Party Minister Portrait Title Government
(Prime Minister)		 Term start Term end Term in office
1 Fretilin Mari Alkatiri Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 26 July 2005 26 June 2006 335 days
2 José Teixeira II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)		 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 1 year, 29 days
III Constitutional
(da Silva)		 19 May 2007 8 August 2007
3 CNRT Xanana Gusmão Prime Minister IV Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 5 years, 0 days
4 Alfredo Pires Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources V Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 5 years, 38 days
VI Constitutional
(Araújo)		 16 February 2015 15 September 2017
5 (a) PD Mariano Assanami Sabino Minister for Mineral Resources VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 280 days
5 (b) Fretilin Hernâni Filomena Coelho da Silva Minister of Petroleum
(acting) CNRT Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira Minister of Petroleum and Minerals VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)		 22 June 2018 12 May 2020 1 year, 325 days
6 Fretilin Víctor da Conceição Soares VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured)		 24 June 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 313 days

References
  1. "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 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 11 April 2022.
  3. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 8 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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