List of East Timor’s Tourism Ministers

Headquarters of the East Timorese Ministry of Tourism in Palapaso / Dili

Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry

This is a list of the East Timorese tourism ministers ( Portuguese: Ministro do Turismo ; tetum Ministru Turizmu ), or the ministers responsible for this department. In addition, the deputy ministers and state secretaries subordinate to the Ministry of Tourism are indicated , if provided as an office .

Assignment of the department

The “Tourism” department was run alternately as an independent ministry or in connection with “ Trade and Industry ” or art and culture . Between 2005 and 2007 no office in the East Timorese cabinet was given “tourism” as a special task. Most recently, Ágio Pereira , Minister of State and Minister of the Council of Ministers , temporarily led tourism, trade and industry as a combined ministry until he resigned in 2020. An independent tourism ministry had already been planned beforehand. The planned position of Vice Minister for Tourism has also not yet been filled.

See also : VIII. Constitutional Government of East Timor

Tourism Minister

East Timor’s Minister of Tourism
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.	Minister for Development and Environment In personal union with the Prime Minister		Marí Bin Amude Alkatiri	FRETILIN	2002-2005
II.	not occupied				2006-2007
III.	not occupied				2007
IV.	Minister for Tourism, Trade and Industry MTCI		Gil da Costa Alves	ASDT	2007–2012
V.	Minister for Tourism		Francisco Kalbuadi Lay	CNRT	2012-2015
VI.	Minister for Tourism, Art and Culture		Francisco Kalbuadi Lay	CNRT	2015-2017
VII.	Minister for Tourism		Manuel Vong		2017-2018
VIII.	Minister for Tourism, Trade and Industry (acting)		Ágio Pereira	CNRT	2018-2020
	Minister for Tourism, Trade and Industry MTCI		José Lucas do Carmo da Silva	CNRT	since 2020

Vice Minister

Vice Minister
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 - May 20, 2002
I.	not occupied				September 2002 - 2006
II.	not occupied				2006-2007
III.	not occupied				2007
IV.	not occupied				2007–2012
V.	not occupied				2012-2015
VI.	not occupied				2015-2017
VII.	Vice Minister for Tourism		Rui Meneses	PD	2017-2018
VIII.	Vice Minister for Municipal Tourism and Culture		Inácia Teixeira	FRETILIN	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.	State Secretary for Tourism, Environment and Investment		José Teixeira		2002– July 26, 2005
II.	not occupied				2006-2007
III.	not occupied				2007
IV.	not occupied				2007–2012
V.	State Secretary for Art and Culture		Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes	CNRT	2012-2015
VI.	State Secretary for Art and Culture		Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes	CNRT	2015-2017
VII.	not occupied				2017-2018
VIII.	not occupied				since 2018

Web links

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

Individual evidence

For evidence, see articles on individual governments.