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Minister of the Interior
Minister of the Interior
Ministro do Interior (Portuguese); Ministru Interiór (Tetum);
	Coat of Arms of East Timor
	Flag of East Timor
	Incumbent; Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]; since 1 July 2023
	Ministry of the Interior
Style	Minister; (informal); His Excellency; (formal, diplomatic);
Member of	Constitutional Government
Reports to	Prime Minister
Appointer	President of East Timor; (following proposal by the Prime Minister of East Timor)
Inaugural holder	Alarico Fernandes; (1975); Jean-Christian Cady [de]; (2000);
Formation	1975 / 2000
Website	Ministry of the Interior

The Minister of the Interior (Portuguese: Ministro do Interior, Tetum: Ministru Interiór) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of the Interior.

Functions

Under the Constitution of East Timor, the Minister has the power and the duty:

to implement the policy defined for the Ministry of the Interior;
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 the Interior is Francisco da Costa Guterres [de].^[2]^[3]

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the minister:

No.		Minister	Title	Government (Prime Minister)	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Fretilin	Alarico Fernandes	Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security	1975 CoM (Lobato)	1 December 1975	17 December 1975	16 days
2	United Nations	Jean-Christian Cady [de]	Minister for Police and Emergency Services	I UNTAET (Vieira de Mello)	15 July 2000	20 September 2001	1 year, 67 days
3	Fretilin	Antoninho Bianco [de]	Minister of Internal Administration	II UNTAET (Alkatiri)	20 September 2001	20 May 2002	242 days
4	Fretilin	Rogério Tiago Lobato	Minister of Internal Administration (to 4 March 2003) Minister of Interior (from 6 March 2003)	I Constitutional (Alkatiri)	20 May 2002	1 June 2006	4 years, 12 days
5	Independent	Alcino Baris [de]	Minister of Interior	II Constitutional (Ramos-Horta)	10 July 2006	19 May 2007	1 year, 29 days
5	Independent	Alcino Baris [de]	Minister of Interior	III Constitutional (da Silva)	19 May 2007	8 August 2007	1 year, 29 days
6	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão	Minister of Defense	IV Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2007	8 August 2012	7 years, 192 days
6	CNRT	Xanana Gusmão	Minister of Defence and Security	V Constitutional (Gusmão)	8 August 2012	16 February 2015	7 years, 192 days
7	Independent	Longuinhos Monteiro	Minister of the Interior	VI Constitutional (Araújo)	16 February 2015	15 September 2017	2 years, 211 days
8	Fretilin	Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo	Minister of Defence and Security	VII Constitutional (Alkatiri)	3 October 2017	22 June 2018	262 days
(acting)	Independent	Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus	Minister of the Interior	VIII Constitutional (Ruak)	22 June 2018	24 June 2020	2 years, 2 days
9	PLP	Taur Matan Ruak		VIII Constitutional (Ruak) (restructured)	24 June 2020	1 July 2023	3 years, 7 days
10	CNRT	Francisco da Costa Guterres [de]		IX Constitutional (Gusmão)	1 July 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 186 days

References

^ ^a ^b "Constitution of East Timor, Section 117" (PDF). Government of Timor-Leste. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.