Minister of Public Works (East Timor)

The Minister of Public Works (Portuguese: Ministro das Obras Públicas, Tetum: Ministru Obras Públikas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Public Works.

Minister of Public Works
  • Ministro das Obras Públicas  (Portuguese)
  • Ministru Obras Públikas  (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor
Incumbent
Abel Pires da Silva
since 22 March 2022
Ministry of Public Works
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 holder
Formation1975 / 2000
WebsiteMinistry of Public Works

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 Public Works;
  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 Public Works is Abel Pires da Silva.[2][3] He is assisted by Nicolau Lino Freitas Belo, Deputy Minister of Public Works.[note 1][4]

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 Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos "Kaku'uk" Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications 1975 CoM
(Lobato)		 1 December 1975 17 December 1975 16 days
2 UDT João Viegas Carrascalão Minister for Infrastructure I UNTAET
(Vieira de Mello)		 15 July 2000 16 July 2001 1 year, 1 day
3 Fretilin Ovídio de Jesus Amaral 16 July 2001 20 September 2001 66 days
4 César Vital Moreira Minister of Water and Public Works II UNTAET
(Alkatiri)		 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 242 days
(3) Ovídio Amaral Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works I Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 20 May 2002 26 July 2005 3 years, 67 days
5 Independent Odete Vítor Minister of Public Works 26 July 2005 1 June 2006 2 years, 13 days
II Constitutional
(Ramos-Horta)		 10 July 2006 19 May 2007
III Constitutional
(da Silva)		 19 May 2007 8 August 2007
6 Pedro Lay Minister of Infrastructure IV Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 5 years, 0 days
7 PD Gastão Francisco de Sousa Minister of Public Works V Constitutional
(Gusmão)		 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 5 years, 38 days
PD (to 2016) Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications VI Constitutional
(Araújo)		 16 February 2015 15 September 2017
Independent
Vacant VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri)		 3 October 2017 22 June 2018 262 days
8 Independent Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires Minister of Public Works VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)		 22 June 2018 22 March 2022 3 years, 273 days
9 PLP Abel Pires da Silva 22 March 2022 Incumbent 42 days

References

Footnote
  1. The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

Notes
  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. Martins, Filomeno (22 March 2022). "'Lú Olo' calls on newly appointed cabinet members to better serve Timorese people". Tatoli. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "Swearing-in of the four new members of Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 11 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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