Valentim Ximenes
{{Short description|East Timorese politician and academic}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|9|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Venilale,
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| office1 = Minister of State Administration
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| primeminister1 = Mari Alkatiri
| predecessor1 = Dionísio Babo Soares
| successor1 = {{ubl|Miguel Pereira de Carvalho|(from 29 May 2020)}}
| office2 = Vice Minister of State Administration
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2005|7|26|df=y}}
| term_end2 = {{Start date|2007|8|8|df=y}}
| primeminister2 = Mari Alkatiri
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| successor2 = {{ill|Filomeno Aleixo da Cruz|lt=Filomeno Aleixo|de|Filomeno Aleixo}}
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Valentim Ximenes (born 30 September 1966) is an East Timorese politician and academic, and a member of the Fretilin political party. Between 2017 and 2018, he was the Minister for State Administration under the VII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Mari Alkatiri. Previously, between 2005 and 2007, he was the Vice Minister for State Administration under the V Constitutional Government also led by Mari Alkatiri.
Early life and career
Ximenes graduated in 1994 from the National University of East Timor (UNTL, then the Universitas Timor Timur UNTIM), with a degree in governmental sciences. In 2000, he obtained a master's in political science from the graduate school of art and sciences, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.{{cite web |title=Programa de Doutoramento "Território, Risco e Políticas Públicas": Valentim Ximenes |trans-title=PhD Program "Territory, Risk and Public Policies": Valentim Ximenes |url=https://www.ces.uc.pt/doutoramentos/util/info.php?id_lingua=1&id_doutoramento=11&id_investigador=528 |website=Centre for Social Studies University of Coimbra |access-date=18 December 2020 |lang=pt}}
In May 2002, he succeeded {{ill|Vicente Soares Faria|de}} as dean of the faculty of social sciences and politics at the UNTL.{{cite web |last1=Crittenden |first1=Stephen |title=[Transcript] Radio Program - The Religion Report: Bishop Belo and Lusa |url=http://www.etan.org/et2002b/june/16-22/19radio.htm |website=ABC Radio National |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=19 June 2002}}
Political career
From 26 July 2005 to 8 August 2007, Ximenes was Vice Minister for State Administration under the V Constitutional Government.{{cite web |title=I Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=129&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |access-date=4 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=II Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=130&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |access-date=4 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=E Timor's interim PM sworn in |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-05-19/e-timors-interim-pm-sworn-in/2552734 |website=ABC News (Australia) |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=19 May 2007}}
Subsequently, he resumed his academic career as a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics at the UNTL, and also entered a PhD program at the University of Coimbra. His research focused on governance and public administration.
On 15 September 2017, Ximenes was sworn in as Minister of State Administration in the VII Constitutional Government. He left that office on 22 June 2018, upon the formation of the VIII Constitutional Government.{{cite web |title=VII Governo constitucional de Timor-Leste toma hoje posse incompleto |trans-title=VII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste takes incomplete possession today |url=https://24.sapo.pt/noticias/internacional/artigo/vii-governo-constitucional-de-timor-leste-toma-hoje-posse-incompleto_22947072.html |website=Sapo.pt |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=15 September 2017}}{{cite web |title=VII Constitutional Government |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=19918&lang=en |website=Government of Timor-Leste |access-date=18 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli |trans-title=First group of members of the VIII Timorese Government take office in Dili |url=https://24.sapo.pt/noticias/internacional/artigo/primeiro-grupo-de-membros-do-viii-governo-timorense-tomou-posse-em-dili_24395746.html |publisher=SAPO |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=22 June 2018 |lang=pt}}
Publications
- "Policy Formulation on Local Government Reform in Timor-Leste", in: Steven Farram (ed.) Locating Democracy. Representation, Elections and Governance in Timor-Leste (Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press, 2010; {{ISBN|9780980665093}}), 9–19.
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