José Agustinho da Silva

José Agustinho da Silva (born March 11, 1974 in Ossorua , Portuguese Timor ) is an East Timorese politician. He is a member of the Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO). Silva has been Minister for Transport and Communication since 2018. In the civilian profession, Silva is a teacher and taught at the Universidade Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e (UNTL).

Political life

José Agustinho da Silva during an interview (2012)

Silva replaced António Verdial de Sousa as Secretary General of KHUNTO.

In the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2012 , the KHUNTO narrowly failed at the three percent hurdle. Silva ran for third place on the party list.

In 2017, in the parliamentary elections on July 22nd, Silva took fourth place on the KHUNTO party list as a member of the national parliament. Here he was President of the Commission on Health, Education, Culture, Veterans and Gender Equality (Commission F) and deputy member of Parliament's Administrative Council. Since September 2017, he has also been the substitute delegate of the national group of the national parliament to the parliamentary assembly of the Community of Portuguese- Speaking Countries (CPLP).

In the early elections in 2018 , Silva was in 20th place in the Aliança para Mudança e Progresso (AMP), to which KHUNTO also belongs, and came back to parliament. On June 22, 2018, Silva was sworn in as Minister of Transport and Communication, which is why he automatically had to give up his seat of parliament.

Web links

Commons : José Agustinho da Silva  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Parliament of East Timor: José Agostinho da Silva , accessed on May 5, 2020.
2. ↑ Jornal Nacíonal Diário: PEP-KHUNTO la hakfodak ho bareira 4% , February 16, 2017 ( Memento of the original of July 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 24, 2017. 
3. ↑ UNMIT: Compendium of the 2012 Elections in Timor-Leste, As of 19 June 2012 , accessed December 31, 2017.
4. ↑ La'o Hamutuk: Who will be in Timor-Leste's next Parliament? / Se sei tuir iha Parlamentu Nasionál? , July 23, 2017 , accessed July 24, 2017.
5. ↑ Diário de Notícias: Partido timorense mais votado quase ausente da liderança de comissões parlamentares , September 21, 2017 , accessed on September 22, 2017.
6. ^ East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin: National Parliament elects the members of the Council of Administration , September 2017 , accessed January 11, 2018.
7. ↑ Jornal da República : RESOLUÇÃO DO PARLAMENTO NACIONAL N °. 20/2017, ELEIÇÃO DO GRUPO NACIONAL DO PARLAMENTO NACIONAL À ASSEMBLEIA PARLAMENTAR DA COMUNIDADE DOS PAÍSES DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA , September 27, 2017 , accessed on January 4, 2018.
8. ^ Election lists for the 2018 parliamentary elections
9. ↑ SAPO: Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli , June 22, 2018 , accessed on June 23, 2018.