# VII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The VII Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VII Governu Konstitusionál) was the seventh Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 15 September 2017, it was led by the country's second Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, and was replaced by the VIII Constitutional Government on 22 June 2018.

## Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers of the Prime Minister, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:

### Ministers

| Party | Minister | Portfolio |
| Fretilin | Mari Alkatiri | Prime Minister Minister for Development and Institutional Reform |
| Independent | José Ramos-Horta | Minister of State and Counselor for National Security |
| Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo | Minister of State and Minister of Health |
| Fretilin | Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva | Minister of State and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries |
| PD | Mariano Assanami Sabino | Minister of State and Minister for Mineral Resources |
| PD | Adriano do Nascimento | Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers |
| CNRT | Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira | Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Borders |
| Fretilin | José Reis | Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for Governance Affairs |
| Fretilin | Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
| Fretilin | Valentim Ximenes | Minister of State Administration |
| Independent | Rui Augusto Gomes | Minister for Planning and Finance |
| PLP | Fernando Hanjam | Minister of Education and Culture |
| Fretilin | Hernâni Filomena Coelho da Silva | Minister of Petroleum |
| UDT | Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão | Minister of Justice |
| PD | António da Conceição | Minister for Commerce and Industry |
| Fretilin | Agostinho Sequeira Somotxo | Minister for Defence and Security |
| Fretilin | Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith | Minister of Social Solidarity |
| Independent | Manuel Florêncio da Canossa Vong | Minister for Tourism |

### Vice Ministers

| Party | Vice Minister | Portfolio |
| Fretilin | Luís Maria Ribeiro Freitas Lobato | Vice Minister of Health |
| Fretilin | Deolindo da Silva [de] | Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Independent | Mariano Renato Monteiro da Cruz | Vice Minister for Development of Public Works |
| Fretilin | Abrão Gabriel Santos Oliveira | Vice Minister for Development of Housing, Planning and Environment |
| Fretilin | Inácio Freitas Moreira | Vice Minister for Development of Transport and Communications |
| Fretilin | Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
| PD | José Anuno | Vice Minister of State Administration |
| CNRT | Sara Lobo Brites | Vice Minister of Planning and Finance |
| PLP | José António de Jesus das Neves | Vice Minister of Education and Culture |
| PD | Lurdes Maria Bessa [de] | Vice Minister for Education and Culture |
| CNRT | Sebastião Dias Ximenes | Vice Minister of Justice |
| CNRT | Jacinto Gusmão | Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| PD | Rui Menezes da Costa | Vice Minister of Tourism |

### Secretaries of State

| Party | Secretary of State | Portfolio |
| Fretilin | Matias Freitas Boavida | Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers and of Social Communication |
| Fretilin | Osório Florindo da Conceição Costa | Secretary of State for Sport and Promotion of Top-Level Sport |
| PD | Nívio Leite Magalhães | Secretary of State for Youth and Labour |
| Independent | Laura Menezes Lopes [de] | Secretary of State for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion |
| PLP | André da Costa Belo | Secretary of State for Veterans |
| PLP | Cipriano Esteves Doutel Ferreira | Secretary of State of Agriculture and Fisheries |