V Constitutional Government of East Timor

V Constitutional Government
File:Flag of East Timor.svg V Constitutional Government of East Timor
File:Xanana 2011.jpg Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão
Date formed	8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
Date dissolved	16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
People and organisations
President	Taur Matan Ruak
Prime Minister	Xanana Gusmão
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 15 other Ministers 12 Vice Ministers 26 Secretaries of State
Member parties	CNRT–PD–FM
Status in legislature	Majority 40 / 65 (62%)
History
Election	2012
Predecessor	IV Constitutional Government
Successor	VI Constitutional Government

The V Constitutional Government (Portuguese: V Governo Constitucional, Tetum: V Governu Konstitusionál) was the fifth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 8 August 2012, it was led by the country's fifth Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão, and was replaced by the VI Constitutional Government on 16 February 2015.

Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:

Ministers

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão	File:Xanana Gusmão small 2007.jpg	Prime Minister Minister for Defence and Security
	PD	Fernando La Sama de Araújo	File:Fernando de Araújo small 2012.jpg	Vice Prime Minister and Coordinator of Social Affairs
	CNRT	Ágio Pereira	File:Ágio Pereira small 2007.jpg	Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
	FM	José Luís Guterres	File:José Luís Guterres small 2007.png	Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	Independent	Emília Pires	File:Emília Pires small 2012.jpg	Minister of Finance
	CNRT	Dionísio Babo Soares	File:Dionísio Babo Soares small 2012.jpg	Minister of Justice
	CNRT	Sérgio Lobo	File:Sérgio Lobo.jpg	Minister of Health
	CNRT	Bendito Freitas	File:Bendito Freitas.jpg	Minister of Education
	FM	Jorge Teme	File:Jorge da Conceição Teme small.jpg	Minister of State Administration
	PD	António da Conceição	File:António da Conceição small 2012.jpg	Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
	Independent	Isabel Guterres	File:Isabel Guterres small 2012.jpg	Minister of Social Solidarity
	PD	Gastão Francisco de Sousa	File:Gastão Sousa small 2012.jpg	Minister of Public Works
	Independent	Pedro Lay	File:Pedro Lay.jpg	Minister of Transport and Communications
	PD	Mariano Assanami Sabino	File:Mariano Sabino Lopes small 2012.jpg	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	CNRT	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay	File:Francisco Kalbuadi Lay small 2012.jpg	Minister of Tourism
	CNRT	Alfredo Pires	File:Alfredo Pires small 2012.jpg	Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

Vice Ministers

Party		Vice Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	PD	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto	File:Constâncio Pinto small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
		Santina Cardoso	File:Santina Cardoso small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Finance
	CNRT	Ivo Jorge Valente	File:Ivo Jorge Valente small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Justice
	CNRT	Natália de Araújo	File:Natália de Araújo small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister for Ethics and Service Delivery
	CNRT	Maria do Céu Sarmento	File:Maria do Céu Sarmento small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister for Management, Support and Resources
	CNRT	Dulce de Jesus Soares	File:Dulce Soares small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Basic/Primary Education
	CNRT	Virgílio Simith	File:Virgílio Simith small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Secondary Education
	CNRT	Marçal Avelino Ximenes	File:Marçal Avelino Ximenes.jpg	Vice Minister of Higher Education
	FM	Abel da Costa Ximenes	File:Abel Ximenes small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
	CNRT	Jacinto Rigoberto de Deus	File:Jacinto Rigoberto small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Social Solidarity
	CNRT	Flávio Cardoso Neves	File:Flávio Cardoso Neves.jpg	Vice Minister for Transport and Communications
	PD	Marcos da Cruz	File:Marcos da Cruz (politician) small 2012.jpg	Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

Secretaries of State

Party		Secretary of State	Portrait	Portfolio
	PST	Avelino Coelho	File:Avelino Coelho da Silva small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers
	CNRT	Maria Terezinha Viegas	File:Maria Terezinha Viegas small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs
	CNRT	Nélio Isaac Sarmento	File:Nélio Isaac Sarmento small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Media
	PD	Francisco Soares	File:Francisco da Costa Soares.jpg	Secretary of State for Institutional Strengthening
	CNRT	Veneranda Lemos Martins	File:Veneranda Lemos Martins small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Support and Promotion of the Private Sector
	CNRT	Idelta Maria Rodrigues	File:Idelta Maria Rodrigues.jpg	Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality
	CNRT	Miguel Manetelo	File:Miguel Manetelu.jpg	Secretary of State of Youth and Sports
	CNRT	Ilídio Ximenes da Costa	File:Ilídio Ximenes da Costa small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Professional Training and Employment Policy
	Independent	Roberto Soares	File:Roberto Soares.jpg	Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs
	CNRT	Júlio Tomás Pinto	File:Júlio Tomás Pinto.jpg	Secretary of State for Defence
	CNRT	Francisco Guterres	File:Francisco da Costa Guterres.jpg	Secretary of State for Security
	CNRT	Jaime Xavier Lopes	File:Jaime Xavier Lopes.jpg	Secretary of State for Land and Property
	PD	Samuel Mendonça	File:Samuel Mendonça small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Local Development
	CNRT	Tomás Cabral	File:Tomás Cabral small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Administrative Decentralization
	FM	Ricardo Cardoso Nheu	File:Ricardo Cardoso Nheu.jpg	Secretary of State of Commerce
	PD	Filipus ‘Nino’ Pereira	File:Nino Pereira small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State of Industry and Cooperatives
	PD	Nominando Soares Martins ‘Buras’	File:Nominando Soares Martins.jpg	Secretary of State of Environment
	FM	Vítor da Costa	File:Vítor da Costa.jpg	Secretary of State for Social Security
	PD	Júlio Sarmento da Costa	File:Júlio Sarmento da Costa small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for the Combatants for National Liberation Affairs
	CNRT	Luís Vaz Rodrigues	File:Luís Vaz Rodrigues.jpg	Secretary of State for Public Works
	CNRT	Januário Pereira	File:Januário Pereira small 2007.jpg	Secretary of State for Electricity
	PD	Elias Pereira Moniz	File:Elias Pereira Moniz.jpg	Secretary of State for Water, Sanitation and Urban Development
	PD	João Fernandes	File:João Cardoso Fernandes.jpg	Secretary of State for Forestry and Nature Conservation
	CNRT	Rafael Pereira Gonçalves	File:Rafael Pereira Gonçalves.jpg	Secretary of State for Fisheries
	CNRT	Valentino Varela	File:Valentino Varela small.jpg	Secretary of State for Livestock
	CNRT	Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes	File:Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes small 2012.jpg	Secretary of State for Art and Culture

References

Further reading

• Alford, Peter; Indonesia Correspondent (21 May 2012). "The best of ex-enemies". The Australian. Retrieved 26 January 2022. {{cite news}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
• Benner, Tom (19 October 2013). "Mismanagement highlighted in East Timor". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
• Horta, Loro (9 July 2013). "Timor-Leste: A Fragile Peace" (PDF). PacNet (50). Honolulu: Pacific Forum CSIS.
• Kingsbury, Damien (10 July 2012). "Democratic consolidation in Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• ————————— (24 October 2014). "No good time for Xanana Gusmão to let go". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• ————————— (31 October 2014). "Concerns over judicial independence in Timor-Leste". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• Leach, Michael (22 June 2012). "Timor-Leste: the parliamentary campaign begins". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
• ——————— (10 July 2012). "Post-election Timor-Leste: the parties enter negotiations". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

External links

• Program of the V Constitutional Government – Government of East Timor