The Minister of the Interior (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of the Interior.
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 the Interior is Francisco da Costa Guterres.
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
PartyMinisterPortraitTitleGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin Alarico Fernandes Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security 1975 CoM(Lobato) 1 December 1975 17 December 1975 2 United Nations Minister for Police and Emergency Services I UNTAET(Vieira de Mello) 15 July 2000 20 September 2001 3 Fretilin Minister of Internal Administration II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 20 May 2002 4 Rogério Lobato Minister of Internal AdministrationMinister of Interior I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 20 May 2002 1 June 2006 5 Independent Minister of Interior II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 6 CNRT Xanana Gusmão Minister of Defense IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 Minister of Defence and Security V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 7 Independent Longuinhos Monteiro Minister of the Interior VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 8 Fretilin José Agostinho Sequeira Minister of Defence and Security VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 3 October 2017 22 June 2018 (acting) Independent Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus Minister of the Interior VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 24 June 2020 9 PLP Taur Matan Ruak VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 24 June 2020 1 July 2023 10 CNRT Francisco da Costa Guterres IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
References
External links
– official site