Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Timor-Leste)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Functions Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty:

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.

History In the 1975 Council of Ministers, and also in the I UNTAET Transitional Government (2000–2001), the title of the Minister was "Minister of Foreign Affairs". When the II UNTAET Transitional Government took office on 20 September 2001, the title was changed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Incumbent The incumbent minister is Bendito Freitas.

List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

PartyMinisterPortraitGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin José Ramos-Horta 1975 CoM(Lobato) 1 December 1975 17 December 1975 (1) Independent José Ramos-Horta I UNTAET(Vieira de Mello) 15 July 2000 31 March 2001 15 July 2001 20 September 2001 II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 20 May 2002 10 July 2006 2 Fretilin José Luís Guterres II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 (acting) Adaljíza Magno III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 3 PSD Zacarias da Costa IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 (2) FM José Luís Guterres V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 4 Fretilin Hernâni Coelho VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 5 Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 6 CNRT Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 25 May 2020 7 Fretilin Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 24 June 2020 1 July 2023 8 CNRT Bendito Freitas IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent

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External links – official site (inactive )