Ministry of Defense (East Timor)

The Ministry of Defense (MD; Portuguese: Ministério da Defesa, Tetum: Ministériu Defeza) is the government department of East Timor accountable for the defence of the country and related matters.

Ministry of Defense

Ministério da Defesa (Portuguese) Ministériu Defeza (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Headquarters of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed	1975 (1975) / 2005
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Avenida Presidente Nicolau Lobato [de], Bairro Pite [de], Dili 8°33′17″S 125°33′12″E
Minister responsible	Pedro Klamar Fuik [de], Minister of Defense
Website	Ministry of Defense
Agency ID	MD

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the areas of national defense and military cooperation.^[1]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Defense is Pedro Klamar Fuik [de].^[2][3]

See also

• Politics of East Timor

References

1. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 10 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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.

External links

Media related to Ministry of Defense (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons

• Ministry of Defense – official site (in Tetum)