The Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (Portuguese: Ministra da Solidariedade Social e Inclusão, Tetum: Ministra Solidariedade Sosiál no Inkluzaun) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion.
Functions
Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty:
- to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion;
- to ensure relations between the Government and the other organs of the State in the area of responsibility of the Ministry.[1]
Where the Minister is in charge of the subject matter of a government statute, the Minister is also required, together with the Prime Minister, to sign the statute.[1]
Incumbent
The incumbent Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion is Verónica das Dores.[2] She is assisted by Céu Brites, Deputy Minister of Solidarity and Inclusion.[note 1][3]
List of ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
| No. | Party | Minister | Portrait | Title | Government (Prime Minister) |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independent | Maria Domingas Alves | 
|
Minister of Social Solidarity | IV Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| 2 | Independent | Isabel Guterres | 
|
V Constitutional (Gusmão) |
8 August 2012 | 16 February 2015 | 5 years, 38 days | ||
| VI Constitutional (Araújo) |
16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | |||||||
| 3 | Fretilin | Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith | 
|
VII Constitutional (Alkatiri) |
15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | ||
| 4 | KHUNTO | Armanda Berta dos Santos | 
|
Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion | VIII Constitutional (Ruak) |
22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | 5 years, 9 days | |
| 5 | CNRT | Verónica das Dores | 
|
IX Constitutional (Gusmão) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 242 days | ||
References
Footnote
- ^ The Constitution of Timor-Leste provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
Notes
- ^ a b
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Constitution of Timor-Leste, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Structure of the IX Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
External links
- Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion – official site
