The VI Constitutional Government (, ) was the sixth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 16 February 2015, it was led by the country's sixth Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araújo, and was replaced by the VII Constitutional Government on 15 September 2017.
Composition The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:
Ministers PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio Fretilin Rui Maria de Araújo Prime Minister CNRT Ágio Pereira Minister of State and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers PD Fernando La Sama de Araújo Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education(16 February 2015 – 2 June 2015) Fretilin Estanislau da Silva Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries CNRT Dionísio Babo Soares Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration Fretilin Hernâni Coelho Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Santina Cardoso Minister of Finance CNRT Minister of Justice CNRT Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa Minister of Health Minister of Social Solidarity PD(to 2016) António da Conceição Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment(16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015) Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education(10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017) PD(to 2016) Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment(10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017) CNRT Francisco Kalbuadi Lay Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture PD(to 2016) Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications CNRT Alfredo Pires Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources CNRT Cirilo Cristóvão Minister of Defence Independent Longuinhos Monteiro Minister of the Interior CNRT Xanana Gusmão Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment
Vice Ministers PartyVice MinisterPortraitPortfolio CNRT Dulce de Jesus Soares Vice Minister of Education I FM Abel da Costa Ximenes Vice Minister of Education II PD(to 2016) Marcos da Cruz Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries CNRT Tomás do Rosário Cabral Vice Minister of State Administration Independent Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Independent Hélder Lopes Vice Minister of Finance Independent Vice Minister of Health CNRT Miguel Marques Manetelu Vice Minister of Social Solidarity PD(to 2016) Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment(16 February 2015 – 10 August 2015) PD(to 2016) Filipus Nino Pereira Vice Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment(10 August 2015 – 15 September 2017) CNRT Januário da Costa Pereira Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications I Fretilin Inácio Moreira Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications II
Secretaries of State PartySecretary of StatePortraitPortfolio PST Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers CNRT Maria Terezinha Viegas Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs CNRT Nélio Isaac Sarmento Secretary of State for Social Communication CNRT Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-Economical Promotion of Women Independent Leovigildo Hornay Secretary of State of Youth and Sports CNRT Ilídio Ximenes da Costa Secretary of State for Employment Policy and Vocational Training PD(to 2016) Samuel Mendonça Secretary of State for State Administration CNRT Jaime Xavier Lopes Secretary of State for Land and Property CNRT Secretary of State for Arts and Culture
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Further reading
External links Program of the Sixth Constitutional Government – Government of Timor-Leste