The Minister of Justice (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Justice.
Functions The Minister has the power and the duty:
Falling within those powers and duties are responsibilities such as overseeing the recruitment of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders.
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.
Incumbent The incumbent minister is .
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Justice:
PartyMinisterPortraitGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin António Duarte Carvarino 1975 CoM(Lobato) 1 December 1975 17 December 1975 2 United Nations Gita Honwana-Welch I UNTAET(Vieira de Mello) 15 July 2000 20 September 2001 3 Fretilin Ana Maria Pessoa II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 20 May 2002 19 March 2003 4 19 March 2003 10 July 2006 II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 5 PSD Lúcia Lobato IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 March 2012(suspended) (acting) CNRT March 2012 8 August 2012 6 Dionísio Babo Soares V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 7 VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 3 October 2017 8 UDT Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 3 October 2017 22 June 2018 9 Independent Manuel Cárceres da Costa VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 22 March 2022 10 Tiago Amaral Sarmento 22 March 2022 1 July 2023 11 CNRT IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 20 January 2024
References
External links
– official site