The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC; pt, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Timor-Leste, tet, Ministeriu Negosiu Estranjeiru no Kooperasaun) is the government department of

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

accountable for foreign affairs.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas: * foreign policy and international cooperation; and * consular functions and the promotion and defense of the interests of Timorese citizens abroad.

History

The Ministry was created in 2002. Its headquarters, built with the assistance of Chinese funding, are located on Avenida Portugal in

Dili Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in ...

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is Adaljíza Magno. She is assisted by Julião da Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.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 ...

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.

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External links

* – official site (inactive )
Government of East Timor
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation website archive
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