The Minister of Finance ( pt, Ministro das Finanças, tet, Ministru Finansas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the

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Functions

Under the

Constitution of East Timor The Constitution of East Timor entered into force on 20 May 2002, and was the country's first constitution after it gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and from Indonesia, which invaded East Timor on 7 December 1975 and left in 1999 followi ...

, the Minister has the power and the duty: Where the Minister is in charge of the subject matter of a government

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, the Minister is also required, together with the

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, to sign the statute.

Incumbent

The incumbent Minister is

Rui Augusto Gomes Rui Augusto Gomes (born 21 September 1958) is an East Timorese politician, administrator and academic. From November 2020 to July 2023, he was the Minister of Finance, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime M ...

. He is assisted by , Deputy Minister of Finance.The

provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

List of Ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister:

References

Footnote

Notes

External links

* – official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Minister Of Finance (East Timor)

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