VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor


The VIII Constitutional Government is the eighth administration or cabinet under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 22 June 2018, it is led by the country's seventh Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, and was restructured in mid-2020.

Initial (AMP) composition (22 June 2018–24 June 2020)

Initially, the VIII Constitutional Government was drawn from and supported by a coalition known as the Alliance for Change and Progress, which was made up of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, the People's Liberation Party and Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan. The officials appointed to form the government as from 22 June 2018 were:

Ministers

PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio
PLPTaur Matan Ruak
CNRTHermenegildo Ágio Pereira
  • Minister of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
    • PLPFidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães
    • Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
    CNRTDionísio da Costa Babo Soares
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
    • Manuel Cárceres da Costa
    CNRTDulce de Jesus Soares
  • Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
    • PLPLonguinhos dos Santos
    KHUNTOArmanda Berta dos Santos
  • Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
    • Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires
  • Minister of Public Works
    • KHUNTOJosé Agustinho da Silva
  • Minister of Transport and Communications
    • Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins
  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
    • Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus
  • Minister for Defence

    • Vice Ministers

    PartyVice MinisterPortfolio

    • Vice Minister of Finance
    Abílio José Caetano
  • Vice Minister of State Administration

    • Vice Minister of Health

    • Vice Minister of Health
    João Zacarias Freitas Soares
  • Vice Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
    • PLP
  • Vice Minister for Social Solidarity
    • Nicolau Lino Freitas Belo
  • Vice Minister of Public Works

    • Secretaries of State

    PartySecretary of StatePortfolio
    Julião da Silva
    • Secretary of State of Vocational Training and Employment
    Arsénio Pereira da Silva
  • Secretary of State for Cooperatives
    • PLP
    Merício Juvenal dos Reis Akara
  • Secretary of State for Social Communications
    • Mário Ximenes
  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
  • Secretary of State for Youth and Sport
    • Teófilo Caldas
    • Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
    Gil da Costa Monteiro Oan Soru
  • Secretary of State for the Affairs of Combatants of National Liberation
    • Alexandrino de Araújo
  • Secretary of State for Civil Protection
  • Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion

    • Restructured composition (24 June 2020–present)

    Following the breakdown of the AMP coalition during the first few months of 2020, the restructuring of the government on 12 May 2020, and the appointment of new officials on 29 May and 24 June 2020, the Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Secretaries of State in the government were:

    Ministers

    PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio
    PLPTaur Matan Ruak
    KHUNTOArmanda Berta dos Santos
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
    • Fretilin
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Minister of Planning and Territory
    • PLPFidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães
  • Minister for Legislative Reform and Parliamentary Affairs
    • Fretilin
  • Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs
    • Fretilin
  • Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication
    • Fretilin
  • Minister of Finance
    • FretilinAdaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
    • Manuel Cárceres da Costa
  • Minister of Justice
    • Fretilin
  • Minister of State Administration
    • Odete Maria Freitas Belo
  • Minister of Health
    • Fretilin
  • Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
    • PLPLonguinhos dos Santos
  • Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture
    • PD
  • Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants
    • Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires
  • Minister of Public Works
    • KHUNTOJosé Agustinho da Silva
  • Minister of Transport and Communications
    • Fretilin
  • Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry
    • KHUNTO
  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
    • Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus
  • Minister for Defence
    • Fretilin
  • Minister of Petroleum and Minerals

    • Deputy Ministers

    PartyDeputy MinisterPortfolio

    • Deputy Minister of Finance
    KHUNTOJulião da Silva
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
    • KHUNTOJosé Edmundo Caetano
  • Deputy Minister of Justice
    • FretilinLino de Jesus Torrezão
  • Deputy Minister of State Administration
    • PLPBonifácio Maucoli dos Reis
  • Deputy Minister of Health
    • KHUNTOAntónio Guterres
  • Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
    • PLPSigni Chandrawati Verdial
  • Deputy Minister of Social Solidarity
    • KHUNTONicolau Lino Freitas Belo
  • Deputy Minister of Public Works
    • FretilinInácia da Conceição Teixeira
  • Deputy Minister of Community and Cultural Tourism
    • FretilinDomingos Lopes Antunes
  • Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
    • KHUNTOAbílio Xavier de Araújo
  • Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
    • KHUNTOAntónio Armindo
  • Deputy Minister of the Interior

    • Secretaries of State

    PartySecretary of StatePortfolio
    KHUNTOAlarico de Rosário
    • Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment
    FretilinElizário Ferreira
  • Secretary of State for Cooperatives
    • PLP
  • Secretary of State for the Environment
    • PLPMerício Juvenal dos Reis "Akara"
  • Secretary of State for Communications
    • KHUNTOMário Ximenes
  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
    • FretilinAbrão Saldanha
  • Secretary of State for Youth and Sport
    • CNRTTeófilo Caldas
  • Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
    • Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru"
  • Secretary of State for the Affairs of Combatants of National Liberation
    • KHUNTOElídio de Araújo
  • Secretary of State for Fisheries
    • KHUNTOJoaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins
  • Secretary of State for Civil Protection
    • PLP
  • Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion