The Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion.
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 Social Solidarity and Inclusion is Verónica das Dores. She is assisted by , Deputy Minister of Solidarity and Inclusion.The Constitution of Timor-Leste provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
PartyMinisterPortraitTitleGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Independent Maria Domingas Alves Minister of Social Solidarity IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 2 Independent V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 3 Fretilin Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 4 KHUNTO Armanda Berta dos Santos Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 1 July 2023 5 CNRT Verónica das Dores IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
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External links – official site