Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (East Timor)

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas
Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas
Coat of arms of East Timor.svg
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Flag of East Timor.svg
Flag of East Timor
2020-08-29 Pedro dos Reis.jpg
Incumbent
Pedro dos Reis
since 29 May 2020
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
StyleMinister
(informal)
His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
Member ofConstitutional Government
Reports toPrime Minister
SeatDili, East Timor
AppointerPresident of East Timor
(following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holderEstanislau da Silva
Formation20 September 2001
WebsiteMinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Functions

Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:

  1. to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries;
  2. to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]

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.[1]

Incumbent

The incumbent Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries is Pedro dos Reis. He is assisted by Abílio Xavier de Araújo, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Elídio de Araújo, Secretary of State for Fisheries.[2][3][4][5][6]

List of Ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under one or other of its two different titles:

No. Party Minister Portrait Title Government
(Prime Minister) 		Term start Term end Term in office
1 Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva Estanislau da Silva.jpg Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries II UNTAET
(Alkatiri) 		20 September 2001 20 May 2002 5 years, 251 days
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 Francisco Benevides [de] III Constitutional
(da Silva) 		19 May 2007 8 August 2007 81 days
3 PD Mariano Assanami Sabino Mariano Sabino Lopes small 2012.jpg Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries IV Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2007 8 August 2012 7 years, 192 days
V Constitutional
(Gusmão) 		8 August 2012 16 February 2015
(1) Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva Estanislau da Silva.jpg VI Constitutional
(Araújo) 		16 February 2015 15 September 2017 3 years, 126 days
VII Constitutional
(Alkatiri) 		15 September 2017 22 June 2018
4 KHUNTO Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins Joaquim Gusmão Martins small 2020.jpg VIII Constitutional
(Ruak) 		22 June 2018 29 May 2020 1 year, 342 days
5 Pedro dos Reis Pedro dos Reis small 2020.jpg VIII Constitutional
(Ruak)
(restructured) 		29 May 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 197 days

References

  1. ^ a b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Colo, Cipriano (29 May 2020). "Eight New Members Sworn into TL Cabinet". Tatoli. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Presidente timorense dá posse a oito novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in eight new members of the Government]. RTP News (in Portuguese). Lusa. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Presidente timorense dá posse a 19 novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in 19 new members of the Government]. SAPO (in Portuguese). Lusa. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

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