The Minister of Finance (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Finance.
Functions Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty:
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.
Incumbent The incumbent minister is Santina Viegas Cardoso.
List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:
PartyMinisterPortraitGovernment(Prime Minister)Term startTerm endTerm in office 1 Fretilin 1975 CoM(Lobato) 1 December 1975 17 December 1975 2 United Nations I UNTAET(Vieira de Mello) 15 July 2000 20 September 2001 3 Independent Fernanda Mesquita Borges II UNTAET(Alkatiri) 20 September 2001 23 April 2002 4 Fretilin Maria Madalena Brites Boavida 30 April 2002 20 May 2002 I Constitutional(Alkatiri) 20 May 2002 10 July 2006 II Constitutional(Ramos-Horta) 10 July 2006 19 May 2007 III Constitutional(da Silva) 19 May 2007 8 August 2007 5 Independent Emília Pires IV Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2007 8 August 2012 V Constitutional(Gusmão) 8 August 2012 16 February 2015 6 Santina Cardoso VI Constitutional(Araújo) 16 February 2015 15 September 2017 7 Independent Rui Augusto Gomes VII Constitutional(Alkatiri) 15 September 2017 22 June 2018 (acting) CNRT Sara Lobo Brites VIII Constitutional(Ruak) 22 June 2018 29 May 2020 8 Fretilin Fernando Hanjam VIII Constitutional(Ruak)(restructured) 29 May 2020 5 November 2020 (acting) Independent Sara Lobo Brites 5 November 2020 23 November 2020 (7) Independent Rui Augusto Gomes 23 November 2020 1 July 2023 (6) CNRT Santina Viegas Cardoso IX Constitutional(Gusmão) 1 July 2023 Incumbent
References
External links – official site