The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
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Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas | |
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since 1 July 2023 | |
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
Style |
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Member of | Constitutional Government |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Dili, East Timor |
Appointer | President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
Inaugural holder | Estanislau da Silva |
Formation | 20 September 2001 |
Website | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Functions
editUnder the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries;
- 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
editThe incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry is Marcos da Cruz .[2][3]
List of ministers
editThe following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under one or other of its two different titles:
No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Fretilin | Estanislau Aleixo da Silva | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | II UNTAET (Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 5 years, 251 days | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | I Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | ||||||
II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | |||||||
2 | Francisco Benevides | III Constitutional (da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | 81 days | ||||
3 | PD | Mariano Assanami Sabino | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 7 years, 192 days | ||
V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | |||||||
(1) | Fretilin | Estanislau Aleixo da Silva | VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 3 years, 126 days | |||
VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | |||||||
4 | KHUNTO | Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 29 May 2020 | 1 year, 342 days | |||
5 | Pedro dos Reis | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured) |
29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | ||||
6 | CNRT | Marcos da Cruz | Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 54 days |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 14 January 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
editMedia related to Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries – official site (in Tetum)