List of Foreign Ministers of East Timor

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor

This is a list of the Foreign Ministers of East Timor since independence was proclaimed in 1975 . In addition, the deputy ministers and, if provided as an office, the subordinate state secretaries are specified.

background

Between 1975 and 2000 there was only one government in exile due to the Indonesian occupation . Today the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation ( tetum Ministru Negósius Estranjeirus no Kooperasaun MNEC) has his seat in the Foreign Ministry on Avenida de Portugal in the Fatuhada district of the state capital Dili .

See also : East Timor’s foreign policy

Foreign minister

Foreign Minister of East Timor
government	photo	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Government of FRETILIN / government in exile		José Ramos-Horta	FRETILIN	1975-1977
Government in exile		Marí Alkatiri	FRETILIN	1977-2000
I UNTAET		José Ramos-Horta	independent	2000-2001
II UNTAET		José Ramos-Horta	independent	2001-2002
I.		José Ramos-Horta	independent	2002-2006
II.		José Luís Guterres	FRETILIN	2006-2007
III.		Adaljíza Magno	FRETILIN	2007 (provisional)
IV.		Zacarias da Costa	Psd	2007–2012
V.		José Luís Guterres	FM	2012-2015
VI.		Hernâni Coelho	FRETILIN	2015-2017
VII.		Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres	FRETILIN	2017-2018
VIII.		Dionísio Babo	CNRT	2018-2020
		Adaljíza Magno	FRETILIN	since 2020

Vice Minister

Vice Minister
government	photo	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Government of FRETILIN / government in exile		Guilhermino de Araújo	FRETILIN	1975-2000
I UNTAET	not occupied			2001-2002
II UNTAET		Jorge da Conceição Teme	FRETILIN	2001-2002
		Fernando de Araújo	PD	2001-2002
I.		Jorge da Conceição Teme	FRETILIN	2002-2003
		José Luís Guterres	FRETILIN	2002
		Olímpio Branco	FRETILIN	2002-2005
		Adaljíza Magno	FRETILIN	2005-2006
II.		Adaljíza Magno	FRETILIN	2006-2007
III.		Adaljíza Magno	FRETILIN	2007
IV.		Alberto Carlos		2010–2012
V.		Constâncio Pinto	PD	2012-2015
VI.		Roberto Soares	independent	2015-2017
VII.		Adaljíza Magno	FRETILIN	2017-2018
VIII.		Julião da Silva	KHUNTO	since 2020

State Secretaries

State Secretaries
government	Office	photo	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Government of FRETILIN / government in exile	not occupied				1975-2000
I UNTAET	not occupied				2000-2001
II UNTAET	not occupied				2001-2002
I.	not occupied				2002-2006
II.	not occupied				2006-2007
III.	not occupied				2007
IV.	State Secretary for International Cooperation	vacant			2007–2012
	State Secretary for Migration and International Communication	vacant			2007–2012
V.	Secretary of State for Relations with ASEAN		Roberto Soares	independent	2012-2015
VI.	not occupied				2015-2017
VII.	not occupied				2017-2018
VIII.	not occupied				since 2018

See also

• Foreign policy of East Timor

Web links

Commons : Foreign Minister of East Timors  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor

Individual evidence

For more details, see the article on each government.

1. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the government of Timor-Leste: The Fourth Constitutional Government of East Timor