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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação (Portuguese); Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun (Tetum);
	Coat of Arms of East Timor
	Flag of East Timor
	Incumbent; Bendito Freitas [de]; since 1 July 2023
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
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	José Ramos-Horta
Formation	1975 / 2000

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Portuguese: Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação, Tetum: Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

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 Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
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]

History[edit]

In the 1975 Council of Ministers,^[2] and also in the I UNTAET Transitional Government (2000–2001),^[3]^[4]^[5] the title of the Minister was "Minister of Foreign Affairs". When the II UNTAET Transitional Government took office on 20 September 2001, the title was changed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.^[6]

Incumbent[edit]

The incumbent minister is Bendito Freitas [de].^[7]^[8]

List of ministers[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No.		Minister	Government (Prime Minister)	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Fretilin	José Ramos-Horta	1975 CoM (Lobato)	1 December 1975	17 December 1975	16 days
(1)	Independent	José Ramos-Horta	I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello)	15 July 2000	31 March 2001	259 days
			I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello)	15 July 2001	20 September 2001	4 years, 360 days
			II UNTAET (Alkatiri)	20 September 2001	20 May 2002
			I Constitutional (Alkatiri)	20 May 2002	10 July 2006
2	Fretilin	José Luís Guterres	II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta)	10 July 2006	19 May 2007	313 days
(acting)	Fretilin	Adaljíza Magno	III Constitutional (da Silva)	19 May 2007	8 August 2007	81 days
3	PSD	Zacarias da Costa	IV Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2007	8 August 2012	5 years, 0 days
(2)	FM	José Luís Guterres	V Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2012	16 February 2015	2 years, 192 days
4	Fretilin	Hernâni Coelho	VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017	2 years, 211 days
5	Fretilin	Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres	VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	15 September 2017	22 June 2018	280 days
6	CNRT	Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares	VIII Constitutional (Ruak)	22 June 2018	25 May 2020	1 year, 338 days
7	Fretilin	Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno	VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured)	24 June 2020	1 July 2023	3 years, 7 days
8	CNRT	Bendito Freitas [de]	IX Constitutional (Gusmão)	1 July 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Fox 2004.
^ "First meeting of Transitional Cabinet". peacekeeping.un.org. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "UNTAET, East Timor shape new cabinet and legislative body". Tais Timor. 1 (12). 6 August 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ Beuman, Lydia (2016). Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138950337.
^ "II UNTAET Transitional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ 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.

Bibliography[edit]

Fox, James J. (2004). "FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente)". In Ooi, Keat Gin (ed.). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, CA, USA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 522–523. ISBN 1576077705.

External links[edit]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation – official site (inactive as of January 2022^[update])

[section_117-1] "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[FOOTNOTEFox2004-2] Fox 2004.

[un_2000-07-17-3] "First meeting of Transitional Cabinet". peacekeeping.un.org. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[tt_2000-08-06-4] "UNTAET, East Timor shape new cabinet and legislative body". Tais Timor. 1 (12). 6 August 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[beuman-5] Beuman, Lydia (2016). Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138950337.

[ii_utg-6] "II UNTAET Transitional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[tatoli_2023-06-30-7] Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[tatoli_2023-07-01-8] 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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+| incumbentsince       = 1 July 2023
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-The '''Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation''' ({{lang-pt|Ministra dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação}}, {{lang-tet|Ministra Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun}}) is a senior member of the [[Constitutional Government of East Timor]] heading the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation]].
+The '''Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation''' ({{lang-pt|Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação}}, {{lang-tet|Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun}}) is a senior member of the [[Constitutional Government of East Timor]] heading the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation]].
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-The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is [[Adaljiza Magno|Adaljíza Magno]]. She is assisted by Julião da Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.<ref name="viii cg ii">{{cite web |title=Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=24746&lang=en&n=1 |website=Government of Timor-Leste |date=24 June 2020|accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="viii cg">{{cite web |title=Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=13&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="sapo 2020-06-24">{{cite news |title=Presidente timorense dá posse a 19 novos membros do Governo |trans-title=Timorese President swears in 19 new members of the Government |url=https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atualidade/presidente-timorense-da-posse-a-19-novos_5ef3138d1aeecc7a2393863d |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=pt |work=[[SAPO (company)|SAPO]] |agency=[[Lusa News Agency|Lusa]] |date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
+The incumbent minister is {{ill|Bendito Freitas|de}}.<ref name="tatoli 2023-06-30">{{cite news |last1=Martins |first1=Filomeno |title=The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette |url=https://en.tatoli.tl/2023/06/30/the-list-of-structure-of-ix-constitutional-government-announced-in-official-gazette/09/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |agency=[[Tatoli]] |date=2023-06-30}}</ref><ref name="tatoli 2023-07-01">{{cite news |last1=Sousa |first1=Nelson de |title=PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu |trans-title=President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government |url=https://tatoli.tl/2023/07/01/pr-horta-sei-akompana-serbisu-ix-governu/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |agency=Tatoli |date=2023-07-01 |language=tet}}</ref><!-- He is assisted by Julião da Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.<ref name="viii cg ii">{{cite web |title=Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=24746&lang=en&n=1 |website=Government of Timor-Leste |date=24 June 2020|accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="viii cg">{{cite web |title=Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=13&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="sapo 2020-06-24">{{cite news |title=Presidente timorense dá posse a 19 novos membros do Governo |trans-title=Timorese President swears in 19 new members of the Government |url=https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atualidade/presidente-timorense-da-posse-a-19-novos_5ef3138d1aeecc7a2393863d |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=pt |work=SAPO |agency=[[Lusa News Agency|Lusa]] |date=24 June 2020}}</ref>-->
-== List of Ministers ==
+== List of ministers ==
-The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister:
+The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
 <!-- see the relevant Constitutional Government articles for the sources -->
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 | rowspan=4| [[File:José Ramos-Horta, UN Special Representative to Guinea-Bissau (10559365553).jpg|100px]]
 | rowspan=2 align=center| [[I UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor|I UNTAET]]<br>([[Sérgio Vieira de Mello|Vieira de Mello]])
-| align=center| 12 July 2000
+| align=center| 15 July 2000
 | align=center| 31 March 2001
-| align=right| {{age in years and days|2000|7|12|2001|3|31}}
+| align=right| {{age in years and days|2000|7|15|2001|3|31}}
 |-
 | align=center| 15 July 2001
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 |-
 | ''(acting)''
-| [[Adalgiza Magno]]
+| [[Adalgiza Magno|Adaljíza Magno]]
 | [[File:Adaljiza Magno small 2020.jpg|100px]]
 | align=center| [[III Constitutional Government of East Timor|III Constitutional]]<br>([[Estanislau da Silva|da Silva]])
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 | align=center| [[VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor|VIII Constitutional]]<br>([[Taur Matan Ruak|Ruak]])<br>''(restructured)''
 | align=center| 24 June 2020
+| align=center| 1 July 2023
+| align=right| {{age in years and days|2020|6|24|2023|7|1}}
+|-
+| 8
+| style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"| || [[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]]
+| {{ill|Bendito Freitas|de}}
+| [[File:Bendito Freitas.jpg|100px]]
+| align=center| [[IX Constitutional Government of East Timor|IX Constitutional]]<br>([[Xanana Gusmão|Gusmão]])
+| align=center| 1 July 2023
 | align=center| ''Incumbent''
-| align=right| {{age in years and days|2020|6|24}}
+| align=right| {{age in years and days|2023|7|1}}
 |}
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 ===Bibliography===
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-* {{cite book |last1=Fox |first1=James J. |author-link1=James J. Fox |chapter=FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) |editor1-last=Ooi |editor1-first=Keat Gin |title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor |date=2004 |publisher=[[ABC-Clio|ABC-CLIO]] |location=Santa Barbara, CA, USA |isbn=1576077705 |pages=522-523 |url={{GBurl|QKgraWbb7yoC}}}}
+* {{cite book |last1=Fox |first1=James J. |author-link1=James J. Fox |chapter=FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) |editor1-last=Ooi |editor1-first=Keat Gin |title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor |date=2004 |publisher=[[ABC-Clio|ABC-CLIO]] |location=Santa Barbara, CA, USA |isbn=1576077705 |pages=522–523 |url={{GBurl|QKgraWbb7yoC}}}}
 {{refend}}
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+{{Authority control}}
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 [[Category:Lists of government ministers of East Timor|Foreign Affairs and Cooperation]]-->
-[[Category:Foreign Ministers of East Timor| ]]
+[[Category:Foreign ministers of East Timor| ]]
 [[Category:Foreign relations of East Timor]]

v t e Government ministers and ministries of East Timor
Ministers	Prime Minister Presidency of the Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries Defense Education, Youth and Sport Finance Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Health Higher Education, Science and Culture Interior Justice Petroleum and Minerals Planning and Territory Public Works Social Solidarity and Inclusion State Administration Tourism, Trade and Industry Transport and Communications
Ministries	Presidency of the Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries Defense Education, Youth and Sport Finance Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Health Higher Education, Science and Culture Interior Justice Petroleum and Minerals Planning and Territory Public Works Social Solidarity and Inclusion State Administration Tourism, Trade and Industry Transport and Communications
Incumbent Constitutional Government