The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
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.
Incumbent The incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry is Marcos da Cruz.
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under one or other of its two different titles:
PartyMinisterPortraitTitleGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 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 III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 3 PD Mariano Assanami Sabino Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 (1) Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 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 5 Pedro dos Reis VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 29 May 2020 1 July 2023 6 CNRT Marcos da Cruz Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
References
External links
– official site