VI Constitutional Government of East Timor

The VI Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VI Governu Konstitusionál) was the sixth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 16 February 2015, it was led by the country's sixth Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araújo, and was replaced by the VII Constitutional Government on 15 September 2017.

VI Constitutional Government
VI Constitutional Government of East Timor
Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo
Date formed	16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
Date dissolved	15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
People and organisations
Presidents	Taur Matan Ruak (16 February 2015 – 20 May 2017) Francisco Guterres (20 May 2017 – 15 September 2017)
Prime Minister	Rui Maria de Araújo
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 16 other Ministers 11 Vice Ministers 9 Secretaries of State
Member parties	National unity government
Status in legislature	National unity 65 / 65 (100%)
History
Election	2012
Predecessor	V Constitutional Government
Successor	VII Constitutional Government

Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:

Ministers

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Fretilin	Rui Maria de Araújo		Prime Minister
	CNRT	Ágio Pereira		Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
	PD	Fernando La Sama de Araújo		Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education (16 February 2015 – 2 June 2015)
	Fretilin	Estanislau da Silva		Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	CNRT	Dionísio Babo Soares		Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration
	Fretilin	Hernâni Coelho		Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
		Santina Cardoso		Minister of Finance
	CNRT	Ivo Valente		Minister of Justice
	CNRT	Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa		Minister of Health
		Isabel Amaral Guterres		Minister of Social Solidarity
	PD (to 2016)	António da Conceição		Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015) Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
	PD (to 2016)	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto		Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
	CNRT	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay		Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
	PD (to 2016)	Gastão Francisco de Sousa		Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
	CNRT	Alfredo Pires		Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
	CNRT	Cirilo Cristóvão		Minister of Defence
	Independent	Longuinhos Monteiro		Minister of the Interior
	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão		Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment

Vice Ministers

Party		Vice Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Dulce de Jesus Soares		Vice Minister of Education I
	FM	Abel da Costa Ximenes		Vice Minister of Education II
	PD (to 2016)	Marcos da Cruz		Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	CNRT	Tomás do Rosário Cabral		Vice Minister of State Administration
	Independent	Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares		Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	Independent	Hélder Lopes		Vice Minister of Finance
	Independent	Ana Isabel Soares		Vice Minister of Health
	CNRT	Miguel Marques Manetelu		Vice Minister of Social Solidarity
	PD (to 2016)	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto		Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015)
	PD (to 2016)	Filipus Nino Pereira		Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment (10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017)
	CNRT	Januário da Costa Pereira		Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications I
	Fretilin	Inácio Moreira		Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications II

Secretaries of State

Party		Secretary of State	Portrait	Portfolio
	PST	Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva		Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers
	CNRT	Maria Terezinha Viegas		Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs
	CNRT	Nélio Isaac Sarmento		Secretary of State for Social Communication
	CNRT	Veneranda Lemos Martins		Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-Economical Promotion of Women
	Independent	Leovigildo Hornay		Secretary of State of Youth and Sports
	CNRT	Ilídio Ximenes da Costa		Secretary of State for Employment Policy and Vocational Training
	PD (to 2016)	Samuel Mendonça		Secretary of State for State Administration
	CNRT	Jaime Xavier Lopes		Secretary of State for Land and Property
	CNRT	Maria Isabel Ximenes		Secretary of State for Arts and Culture

References

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Damien (28 April 2017). "Timor-Leste's worrying economic future". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• ————————— (5 August 2017). "Political alliance collapses in Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• Leach, Michael (18 February 2015). "Generational change in Timor-Leste". Inside Story. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
• Murdoch, Lindsay (23 March 2017). "Tough times continue for people of East Timor". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
• Russell, Terry (2 April 2015). "Decentralisation and rural development in Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• Strating, Bec (4 June 2016). "Unravelling Timor-Leste's Greater Sunrise strategy". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• —————— (28 January 2017). "Timor-Leste's maritime ambitions risk all". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

External links

• Program of the Sixth Constitutional Government – Government of East Timor