| Minister of Defense | |
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 Pedro Klamar Fuik since 1 July 2023 | |
| Ministry of Defense | |
| Style |
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| Member of | the government |
| Reports to | Prime minister |
| Appointer | President (following proposal by the Prime minister) |
| Formation | 1975 / 2005 |
| First holder |
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| Website | Official website |
The Minister of Defense (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa, Tetum: Ministru Defeza) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Defense.
Functions
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Defense;
- 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 Defense is Pedro Klamar Fuik.[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 | ||
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| 1 | Fretilin | Rogerio Lobato | 
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Minister of National Defense | 1975 CoM (Lobato) |
1 December 1975 | 17 December 1975 | 16 days | ||
| 1975–1999: Indonesian occupation of East Timor | ||||||||||
| 2 | Independent | Roque Félix Rodrigues | 
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Minister of Defence | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
26 July 2005 | 1 June 2006 | 310 days | ||
| (acting) | José Ramos-Horta | 
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1 June 2006 | 10 June 2006 | 9 days | |||||
| 3 | II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | 313 days | ||||||
| 4 | Fretilin | Estanislau da Silva | 
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III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | 81 days | |||
| 5 | CNRT | Xanana Gusmão | 
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Minister of Defense | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 7 years, 192 days | ||
| Minister of Defence and Security | V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | |||||||
| 6 | Cirilo Cristóvão | 
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Minister of Defence | VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 3 October 2017 | 2 years, 229 days | |||
| 7 | Fretilin | Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo | 
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Minister of Defence and Security | VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
3 October 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 262 days | ||
| 8 | Independent | Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus | 
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Minister of Defense | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | 5 years, 9 days | ||
| 9 | Pedro Klamar Fuik | 
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IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 223 days | ||||
See also
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Ministers of Defence of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministry of Defense – official site (in Tetum)
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This page was last edited on 9 February 2024, at 14:01