Minister of Transport and Communications (East Timor)

Minister of Transport and Communications
Minister of Transport and Communications
Ministro dos Transportes e Comunicações (Portuguese); Ministru Transportes no Komunikasoins (Tetum);
	Coat of Arms of East Timor
	Flag of East Timor
	Incumbent; Miguel Marques Gonçalves [de]; since 1 July 2023
	Ministry of Transport and Communications
Style	Minister; (informal); His Excellency; (formal, diplomatic);
Member of	Constitutional Government
Reports to	Prime Minister
Appointer	President of East Timor; (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holder	Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos "Kaku'uk"; (1975); João Viegas Carrascalão; (2000);
Formation	1975 / 2000
Website	Ministry of Transport and Communications

The Minister of Transport and Communications (Portuguese: Ministro dos Transportes e Comunicações, Tetum: Ministru Transportes no Komunikasoins) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Functions

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

to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Transport and Communications;
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 Transport and Communications is Miguel Marques Gonçalves [de].^[2]^[3]

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No.		Minister	Title	Government (Prime Minister)	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Fretilin	Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos "Kaku'uk" [de]	Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications	1975 CoM (Lobato)	1 December 1975	17 December 1975	16 days
2	UDT	João Viegas Carrascalão	Minister for Infrastructure	I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello)	15 July 2000	16 July 2001	1 year, 1 day
3	Fretilin	Ovídio de Jesus Amaral [de]	Minister for Infrastructure	I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello)	16 July 2001	20 September 2001	4 years, 344 days
			Minister of Transport and Communications	II UNTAET (Alkatiri)	20 September 2001	20 May 2002
			Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works	I Constitutional (Alkatiri)	20 May 2002	26 July 2005
			Minister of Transport and Communications		26 July 2005	25 June 2006
4		Inácio Moreira [de]			25 June 2006	10 July 2006	1 year, 44 days
				II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta)	10 July 2006	19 May 2007
				III Constitutional (da Silva)	19 May 2007	8 August 2007
5	Independent	Pedro Lay [de]	Minister of Infrastructure	IV Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2007	8 August 2012	7 years, 192 days
5	Independent	Pedro Lay [de]	Minister of Transport and Communications	V Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2012	16 February 2015	7 years, 192 days
6	PD	Gastão Francisco de Sousa [de]	Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications	VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017	2 years, 211 days
6	Independent	Gastão Francisco de Sousa [de]	Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications	VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017	2 years, 211 days
		Vacant		VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	3 October 2017	22 June 2018	262 days
7	KHUNTO	José Agustinho da Silva	Minister of Transport and Communications	VIII Constitutional (Ruak)	22 June 2018	1 July 2023	5 years, 9 days
11	CNRT	Miguel Marques Gonçalves [de]	Minister of Transport and Telecommunications	IX Constitutional (Gusmão)	1 July 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 135 days

References

^ ^a ^b This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

External links

Ministry of Transport and Communications – official site

[section_117-1] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[tatoli_2023-06-30-2] Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[tatoli_2023-07-01-3] Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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