IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The IX Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the ninth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. It was formed on 1 July 2023, and is led by Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão. It is his second term after 2007 to 2015^[1]

IX Constitutional Government
IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste
Incumbent
Gusmão in 2023
Date formed	1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)
People and organisations
President	José Ramos-Horta
Prime Minister	Xanana Gusmão
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 2 Deputy Prime Ministers 19 Ministers 10 Deputy Ministers 15 Secretaries of State
Member parties	CNRT–PD
Status in legislature	Majority 37 / 65 (57%)
History
Election	2023
Predecessor	VIII Constitutional Government

Composition

The government is made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers^{[note 1]} and Secretaries of State, as follows:^[2][3][4][5]

Ministers

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão		Prime Minister CNRT leader
	CNRT	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay		Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Minister of Tourism and Environment
	PD	Mariano "Assanami" Lopes		Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Rural Development Affairs PD leader
	CNRT	Ágio Pereira		Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
	CNRT	Bendito Freitas		Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	CNRT	Santina Viegas Cardoso		Minister of Finance
	Independent	Amândio Benevides [de]		Minister of Justice (1 July 2023 – 20 January 2024)[6]
	Independent	Sérgio Hornai		Minister of Justice (15 February 2024 – present)[7]
	CNRT	Dulce de Jesus Soares		Minister of Education
	CNRT	José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo		Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture
	CNRT	Tomás do Rosário Cabral		Minister of State Administration
	CNRT	Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral		Minister of Health
	CNRT	Verónica das Dores		Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
	CNRT	Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru"		Minister of National Liberation Fighter Affairs
	CNRT	Samuel Marçal		Minister of Public Works
	CNRT	Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu		Minister of Transport and Communications
	PD	Filipus Nino Pereira		Minister of Commerce and Industry
	CNRT	Marcos da Cruz		Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry
	Independent	Pedro Klamar Fuik [de]		Minister of Defense
	CNRT	Francisco da Costa Monteiro		Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
	CNRT	Francisco da Costa Guterres		Minister of the Interior
	CNRT	Nélio Isaac Sarmento		Minister of Youth, Sport, Art and Culture
	PD	Gastão de Sousa		Minister of Strategic Investment

Deputy Ministers

Party		Deputy Minister[note 1]	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Adérito Hugo da Costa [de]		Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
	CNRT	Hélder Lopes [de]		Deputy Minister of Finance (1 July 2023 – 13 September 2023)[8]
	CNRT	Felícia Carvalho [de]		Deputy Minister of Finance (15 September 2023 – present)[8]
	CNRT	Milena Maria da Costa Rangel [de]		Deputy Minister for ASEAN affairs
	CNRT	Paulo dos Remédios [de]		Deputy Minister for Institutional Empowerment
	CNRT	José dos Reis Magno [de]		Deputy Minister for Strengthening Health Institutions
		Júlio do Carmo [de]		Deputy Minister of Infrastructure
	CNRT	Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes de Deus [de]		Deputy Minister of State Administration
	PD	Augusto Junior Trindade [de]		Deputy Minister of Commerce
	Independent	Céu Brites [de]		Deputy Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
	PD	Flávio Brandão [de]		Deputy Minister of Hospital Operations

Secretaries of State

Party		Secretary of State	Portrait	Portfolio
	PD	Elvina Sousa Carvalho [de]		Secretary of State for Equality
	Independent	Expedito Dias Ximenes [de]		Secretary of State for Social Communications
	CNRT	Jaime Xavier Lopes [de]		Secretary of State for Land and Property
	CNRT	Domingos Lopes Lemos [de]		Secretary of State for High School and Technical Schools
		Santos Noronha [de]		Secretary of State for Electricity, Water, and Sanitation
		Jorge Soares Cristóvão [de]		Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
	CNRT	Domingos dos Santos da Conceição [de]		Secretary of State for Fisheries
		José Vieira de Araújo [de]		Secretary of State for Livestock
	PD	Ferdinando Vieira [de]		Secretary of State for Forestry
	CNRT	Arsénio Pereira da Silva [de]		Secretary of State for Cooperatives
	CNRT	Rogério Araújo Mendonça [de]		Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment
		Mateus dos Santos Talo [de]		Secretary of State for Rural Development
		Germano Santa Brites Dias [de]		Secretary of State for Toponomy and State Urban Organizations
		Domingos Mariano Reis [de]		Secretary of State for Civil Protection
		César Merak [de]		Secretary of State for Veterans