Minister of Health | |
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Ministry of Health | |
Style | Minister (informal) Her Excellency (formal, diplomatic) |
Member of | Constitutional Government |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Dili, East Timor |
Appointer |
President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
Inaugural holder | Rui Maria de Araújo |
Formation | 20 September 2001 |
Website | Ministry of Health |
The Minister of Health ( Portuguese: Ministra da Saúde, Tetum: Ministra Saúde) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Health.
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
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]
The incumbent Minister of Health is Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral . She is assisted by two deputy ministers. [note 1] [2] [3]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Health:
No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Independent | Rui Maria de Araújo |
II UNTAET ( Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 5 years, 332 days | ||
I Constitutional ( Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | ||||||
II Constitutional ( Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||||
Fretilin |
III Constitutional ( da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||
2 | Independent | Nélson Martins |
IV Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | ||
3 | CNRT | Sérgio Lobo |
V Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 2 years, 192 days | ||
4 | Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa |
VI Constitutional ( Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | |||
(1) | Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo |
VII Constitutional ( Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
(acting) | CNRT | Élia dos Reis Amaral |
VIII Constitutional ( Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 3 April 2020 | 1 year, 286 days | ||
(acting) | PLP | Bonifácio dos Reis | 3 April 2020 | 29 May 2020 | 56 days | |||
5 | Fretilin | Odete Maria Freitas Belo |
VIII Constitutional ( Ruak) (restructured) |
29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | ||
6 | CNRT | Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral |
IX Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 341 days |
Media related to Ministers of Health of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons
Minister of Health | |
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| |
Ministry of Health | |
Style | Minister (informal) Her Excellency (formal, diplomatic) |
Member of | Constitutional Government |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Dili, East Timor |
Appointer |
President of East Timor (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor) |
Inaugural holder | Rui Maria de Araújo |
Formation | 20 September 2001 |
Website | Ministry of Health |
The Minister of Health ( Portuguese: Ministra da Saúde, Tetum: Ministra Saúde) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Health.
Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:
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]
The incumbent Minister of Health is Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral . She is assisted by two deputy ministers. [note 1] [2] [3]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Health:
No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Independent | Rui Maria de Araújo |
II UNTAET ( Alkatiri) |
20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 5 years, 332 days | ||
I Constitutional ( Alkatiri) |
20 May 2002 | 10 July 2006 | ||||||
II Constitutional ( Ramos-Horta) |
10 July 2006 | 19 May 2007 | ||||||
Fretilin |
III Constitutional ( da Silva) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | |||||
2 | Independent | Nélson Martins |
IV Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | ||
3 | CNRT | Sérgio Lobo |
V Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 2 years, 192 days | ||
4 | Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa |
VI Constitutional ( Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | |||
(1) | Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo |
VII Constitutional ( Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
(acting) | CNRT | Élia dos Reis Amaral |
VIII Constitutional ( Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 3 April 2020 | 1 year, 286 days | ||
(acting) | PLP | Bonifácio dos Reis | 3 April 2020 | 29 May 2020 | 56 days | |||
5 | Fretilin | Odete Maria Freitas Belo |
VIII Constitutional ( Ruak) (restructured) |
29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | ||
6 | CNRT | Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral |
IX Constitutional ( Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 341 days |
Media related to Ministers of Health of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons