The VII Constitutional Government (, ) was the seventh Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 15 September 2017, it was led by the country's second Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, and was replaced by the VIII Constitutional Government on 22 June 2018.
Composition The government was made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers of the Prime Minister, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:
Ministers
PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio Fretilin Mari Alkatiri Prime Minister Minister for Development and Institutional Reform Independent José Ramos-Horta Minister of State and Counselor for National Security Fretilin Rui Maria de Araújo Minister of State and Minister of Health Fretilin Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva Minister of State and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries PD Mariano Assanami Sabino Minister of State and Minister for Mineral Resources PD Adriano do Nascimento Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers CNRT Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Borders Fretilin José Reis Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for Governance Affairs Fretilin Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Fretilin Valentim Ximenes Minister of State Administration Independent Rui Augusto Gomes Minister for Planning and Finance PLP Fernando Hanjam Minister of Education and Culture Fretilin Hernâni Filomena Coelho da Silva Minister of Petroleum UDT Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão Minister of Justice PD António da Conceição Minister for Commerce and Industry Fretilin Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo Minister for Defence and Security Fretilin Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith Minister of Social Solidarity Independent Manuel Florêncio da Canossa Vong Minister for Tourism
Vice Ministers
PartyVice MinisterPortraitPortfolio Fretilin Luís Maria Ribeiro Freitas Lobato Vice Minister of Health Fretilin Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Independent Mariano Renato Monteiro da Cruz Vice Minister for Development of Public Works Fretilin Abrão Gabriel Santos Oliveira Vice Minister for Development of Housing, Planning and Environment Fretilin Inácio Freitas Moreira Vice Minister for Development of Transport and Communications Fretilin Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation PD José Anuno Vice Minister of State Administration CNRT Sara Lobo Brites Vice Minister of Planning and Finance PLP José António de Jesus das Neves Vice Minister of Education and Culture PD Vice Minister for Education and Culture CNRT Sebastião Dias Ximenes Vice Minister of Justice CNRT Jacinto Gusmão Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry PD Rui Menezes da Costa Vice Minister of Tourism
Secretaries of State
PartySecretary of StatePortraitPortfolio Fretilin Matias Freitas Boavida Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers and of Social Communication Fretilin Osório Florindo da Conceição Costa Secretary of State for Sport and Promotion of Top-Level Sport PD Nívio Leite Magalhães Secretary of State for Youth and Labour Independent Secretary of State for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion PLP André da Costa Belo Secretary of State for Veterans PLP Cipriano Esteves Doutel Ferreira Secretary of State of Agriculture and Fisheries
References Notes
Further reading
External links Program of the Seventh Constitutional Government (roughly translated from Portuguese) – Government of Timor-Leste Timor-Leste's Seventh Constitutional Government – La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis