Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (East Timor)
| Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion | |
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since 1 July 2023 | |
| Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion | |
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| Member of | Constitutional Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
| Inaugural holder | Maria Domingas Alves |
| Formation | 2007 |
| Website | Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion |
The Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (Portuguese: Ministra da Solidariedade Social e Inclusão, Tetum: Ministra Solidariedade Sosiál no Inkluzaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion.
Functions
[edit]Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion;
- 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
[edit]The incumbent Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion is Verónica das Dores.[2]
List of ministers
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
| No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independent | Maria Domingas Alves | 
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Minister of Social Solidarity | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| 2 | Independent | Isabel Guterres | 
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V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 5 years, 38 days | ||
| VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||||
| 3 | Fretilin | Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith | 
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VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
| 4 | KHUNTO | Armanda Berta dos Santos | 
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Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | 5 years, 9 days | |
| 5 | CNRT | Verónica das Dores | IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 145 days | |||
References
[edit]Footnote
[edit]Notes
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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.
External links
[edit]- Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion – official site
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