The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals.
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 Petroleum and Minerals is Francisco da Costa Monteiro.
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
PartyMinisterPortraitTitleGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin Mari Alkatiri Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 26 July 2005 26 June 2006 2 II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 3 CNRT Xanana Gusmão Prime Minister IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 4 Alfredo Pires Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 5 (a) PD Mariano Assanami Sabino Minister for Mineral Resources VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 5 (b) Fretilin Hernâni Filomena Coelho da Silva Minister of Petroleum (acting) CNRT Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira Minister of Petroleum and Minerals VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 12 May 2020 6 Fretilin Víctor da Conceição Soares VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 24 June 2020 1 July 2023 7 CNRT Francisco da Costa Monteiro IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
References
External links – official site