List of Finance Ministers of East Timor

Logo of the East Timorese Ministry of Finance

This is a list of the Finance Ministers of East Timor (officially: Minister of Planning and Finance; Portuguese Ministro do Plano e Finanças ; tetum Ministru Planu no Finansas ) since independence was proclaimed in 1975 . The vice ministers are also given. So far there have been no state secretaries subordinate to the Ministry of Finance (MF). Although there is a new building, the Treasury Department is in the Government Palace complex in building number 5.

Between 1975 and 2000 there was only one government in exile due to the Indonesian occupation .

Finance minister

Finance Minister of East Timor
government	photo	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Government of FRETILIN / government in exile		Juvenal Maria de Fátima Inácio	FRETILIN	1975-1979
I UNTAET		Michael Francino	U.N.	2000-2001
II UNTAET		Fernanda Borges	independent	2001-2002
		Madalena Boavida	FRETILIN	April 30 - May 19, 2002
I.		Madalena Boavida	FRETILIN	2002-2006
II.		Madalena Boavida	FRETILIN	2006-2007
III.		Madalena Boavida	FRETILIN	2007
IV.		Emília Pires	independent	2007–2012
V.		Emília Pires	independent	2012-2015
VI.		Santina Cardoso	independent	2015-2017
VII.		Rui Augusto Gomes	independent	2017-2018
VIII.		Sara Lobo Brites	CNRT	2018–2020 (provisional)
		Fernando Hanjam	FRETILIN	since May 29, 2020

Vice Minister

The Vice Minister of Finance assists the Minister of Finance in managing the Ministry's external relations, including relations with international organizations and national bodies, as well as coordinating projects and programs between Timor-Leste and the development partners liaison with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. He oversees the production and publication of official statistics and other documents drawn up by the Ministry of Finance, in particular the general budget books, information for planning and reports on the implementation of the budget. It is his responsibility to coordinate the Ministry of Finance's communication and public relations work and to manage the political affairs as well as the Ministry's liaison with the national parliament and the respective special committees with regard to the legislative proposals and the provision of information in the financial portfolio. The deputy minister also monitors the implementation of the tax reform approved by the Council of Ministers.

Vice Minister
government	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		Arlindo Rangel	FRETILIN	2001-2002
I.		Aicha Bassarewan	FRETILIN	2002-2006
II.		Aicha Bassarewan	FRETILIN	2006-2007
III.		Aicha Bassarewan	FRETILIN	2007
IV.		Rui Manuel Hanjam	PD	2009–2012
V.		Santina Cardoso	independent	2012-2015
VI.		Hélder Lopes		2015-2017
VII.		Sara Lobo Brites	CNRT	2017-2018
VIII.		Sara Lobo Brites	CNRT	since 2018

Web links

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

• Homepage of the Ministry of Finance of East Timor (English, Portuguese, Tetum)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ministry of Finance of East Timor: Contact us , accessed on May 23, 2020. (English)
2. ^ Government of East Timor: Structure of the VI Constitutional Government , accessed May 27, 2020.

For more evidence, see the individual government articles.