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V Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

{{Short description|East Timorese cabinet led by Xanana Gusmão}}

{{EngvarB|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

| cabinet_name = V Constitutional Government

| image = Xanana 2011.jpg

| caption = Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão

| cabinet_type = Constitutional Government

| cabinet_number = V

| jurisdiction = Timor-Leste

| flag = Flag of East Timor.svg

| incumbent =

| date_formed = {{Start date|2012|8|8|df=y}}

| date_dissolved = {{End date|2015|2|16|df=y}}

| government_head = Xanana Gusmão

| state_head = Taur Matan Ruak

| current_number = {{ubl|1 Prime Minister|15 other Ministers|12 Vice Ministers|26 Secretaries of State}}

| political_parties = CNRT–PD–FM

| legislature_status = Majority {{Composition bar|hex=#10B0E0|40|65|per=1}}

| legislature_term =

| election = 2012

| budget =

| previous = IV Constitutional Government

| successor = VI Constitutional Government

| state_head_title = President

| government_head_title = Prime Minister

}}

The V Constitutional Government ({{langx|pt|V Governo Constitucional}}, {{langx|tet|V Governu Konstitusionál}}) was the fifth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 8 August 2012,{{cite web |title=Swearing in of the V Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=7127&lang=en&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |access-date=25 December 2018 |date=9 August 2012}} it was led by the country's fifth Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão, and was replaced by the VI Constitutional Government on 16 February 2015.{{cite web |title=VI Constitutional Government is sworn-in |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11261&lang=en&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |access-date=25 December 2018 |date=16 February 2015}}

Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:{{cite web |title=V Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11254&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |access-date=23 January 2019}}

=Ministers=

class="wikitable sortable"
colspan="2" | Party

!Minister

!Portrait

!Portfolio

style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Xanana Gusmão

| 100px

|

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Fernando La Sama de Araújo

| 100px

|

  • Vice Prime Minister and Coordinator of Social Affairs
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Ágio Pereira

| 100px

|

  • Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
style="background:{{party color|Frenti-Mudança}}"|FM

| José Luís Guterres

| 100px

|

  • Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|Independent

| Emília Pires

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Finance
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Dionísio Babo Soares

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Justice
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Sérgio Lobo

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Health
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Bendito Freitas

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Education
style="background:{{party color|Frenti-Mudança}}"|FM

| Jorge Teme

| 100px

|

  • Minister of State Administration
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| António da Conceição

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|Independent

| {{ill|Isabel Guterres|de}}

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Social Solidarity
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Gastão Francisco de Sousa

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Public Works
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|Independent

|{{ill|Pedro Lay|de}}

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Transport and Communications
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Mariano Assanami Sabino

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Francisco Kalbuadi Lay

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Tourism
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Alfredo Pires

| 100px

|

  • Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

= Vice Ministers =

class="wikitable sortable"

!colspan="2" | Party

!Vice Minister

!Portrait

!Portfolio

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Constâncio da Conceição Pinto

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
| Santina Cardoso

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Finance
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Ivo Jorge Valente

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Justice
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| {{ill|Natália de Araújo|de}}

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister for Ethics and Service Delivery
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Maria do Céu Sarmento

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister for Management, Support and Resources
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Dulce de Jesus Soares

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Basic/Primary Education
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Virgílio Simith

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Secondary Education
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Marçal Avelino Ximenes

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Higher Education
style="background:{{party color|Frenti-Mudança}}"|FM

| Abel da Costa Ximenes

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Jacinto Rigoberto de Deus

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Social Solidarity
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Flávio Cardoso Neves

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister for Transport and Communications
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Marcos da Cruz

| 100px

|

  • Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

= Secretaries of State =

class="wikitable sortable"

!colspan="2" | Party

!Secretary of State

!Portrait

!Portfolio

style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party of Timor}}"|PST

| Avelino Coelho

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Maria Terezinha Viegas

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Nélio Isaac Sarmento

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Media
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Francisco Soares

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Institutional Strengthening
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| {{ill|Veneranda Lemos Martins|de}}

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Support and Promotion of the Private Sector
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| {{ill|Idelta Maria Rodrigues|de}}

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Miguel Manetelo

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State of Youth and Sports
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Ilídio Ximenes da Costa

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Professional Training and Employment Policy
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|Independent

| Roberto Soares

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Júlio Tomás Pinto

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Defence
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Francisco Guterres

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Security
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Jaime Xavier Lopes

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Land and Property
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Samuel Mendonça

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Local Development
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Tomás Cabral

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Administrative Decentralization
style="background:{{party color|Frenti-Mudança}}"|FM

| Ricardo Cardoso Nheu

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State of Commerce
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Filipus ‘Nino’ Pereira

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State of Industry and Cooperatives
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Nominando Soares Martins ‘Buras’

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State of Environment
style="background:{{party color|Frenti-Mudança}}"|FM

| Vítor da Costa

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Social Security
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Júlio Sarmento da Costa

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for the Combatants for National Liberation Affairs
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Luís Vaz Rodrigues

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Public Works
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Januário Pereira

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Electricity
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| Elias Pereira Moniz

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Water, Sanitation and Urban Development
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (East Timor)}}"|PD

| João Fernandes

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Forestry and Nature Conservation
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Rafael Pereira Gonçalves

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Fisheries
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| Valentino Varela

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Livestock
style="background:{{party color|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction}}"|CNRT

| {{ill|Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes|de}}

| 100px

|

  • Secretary of State for Art and Culture

References

=Notes=

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=Further reading=

{{refbegin}}

  • {{cite news |last1=Alford |first1=Peter |author2=Indonesia Correspondent |title=The best of ex-enemies |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/the-best-of-ex-enemies/news-story/8be8c0e53ff22adffc81cd66fe37ccd4 |access-date=26 January 2022 |work=The Australian |date=21 May 2012 |url-access=subscription}}
  • {{cite news |last1=Benner |first1=Tom |title=Mismanagement highlighted in East Timor |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2013/10/19/mismanagement-highlighted-in-east-timor/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=19 October 2013}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Horta |first1=Loro |title=Timor-Leste: A Fragile Peace |journal=PacNet |date=2013-07-09 |issue=50 |url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/167415/Pac1350.pdf |publisher=Pacific Forum CSIS |location=Honolulu |language=en}}
  • {{cite web |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Damien |author1-link=Damien Kingsbury |title=Democratic consolidation in Timor-Leste |url=https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/07/10/democratic-consolidation-in-timor-leste/ |website=East Asia Forum |access-date=20 January 2022 |date=10 July 2012}}
  • {{cite web |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Damien |author1-link=Damien Kingsbury |title=No good time for Xanana Gusmão to let go |url=https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/10/25/no-good-time-for-xanana-gusmao-to-let-go/ |website=East Asia Forum |access-date=20 January 2022 |date=24 October 2014 |author1-mask=9}}
  • {{cite web |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Damien |title=Concerns over judicial independence in Timor-Leste |url=https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/10/31/concerns-over-judicial-independence-in-timor-leste/ |website=East Asia Forum |access-date=20 January 2022 |date=31 October 2014 |author1-mask=9}}
  • {{cite web |last1=Leach |first1=Michael |title=Timor-Leste: the parliamentary campaign begins |url=https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/06/22/timor-leste-the-parliamentary-campaign-begins/ |website=East Asia Forum |access-date=20 January 2022 |date=22 June 2012}}
  • {{cite web |last1=Leach |first1=Michael |title=Post-election Timor-Leste: the parties enter negotiations |url=https://insidestory.org.au/post-election-timor-leste-the-parties-enter-negotiations/ |website=Inside Story |access-date=30 November 2020 |date=10 July 2012 |author1-mask=7}}

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External links

  • [http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=7569&lang=en&lang=en Program of the V Constitutional Government] – Government of Timor-Leste

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