# III Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The III Constitutional Government (Portuguese: III Governo Constitucional, Tetum: III Governu Konstitusionál) was the third Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 19 May 2007, it was led by the country's fourth Prime Minister, Estanislau da Silva, and was replaced by the IV Constitutional Government on 8 August 2007.

## Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:

### Ministers

| Party | Minister | Portfolio |
| Fretilin | Estanislau da Silva | Prime Minister and Minister of Defence |
| Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo | Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Health |
| Fretilin | Ana Pessoa | Minister of State Administration |
| Fretilin | Maria Madalena Brites Boavida | Minister of Planning and Finance |
| Independent | Alcino Baris [de] | Minister of Interior |
| Fretilin | Domingos Sarmento [de] | Minister of Justice |
| Fretilin | Antoninho Bianco [de] | Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers |
| Fretilin | Rosária Corte-Real | Minister of Education and Culture |
| Fretilin | Arsénio Paixão Bano | Minister of Labour and Community Reinsertion |
| Fretilin | Francisco Benevides [de] | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Independent | Arcanjo da Silva [de] | Minister of Development |
| Independent | Odete Vítor [de] | Minister of Public Works |
| Fretilin | Inácio Moreira [de] | Minister of Transport and Communications |
| Fretilin | José Teixeira [de] | Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy |

### Vice Ministers

| Party | Vice Minister | Portfolio |
| Fretilin | Valentim Ximenes | Vice Minister of State Administration |
| Fretilin | Filomeno Aleixo [de] | Vice Minister of State Administration |
| Fretilin | Aicha Bassarewan | Vice Minister of Planning and Finance |
| Fretilin | Adalgiza Magno | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
| Fretilin | José Agostinho Sequeira | Vice Minister of Interior |
| Fretilin | Víctor da Conceição Soares | Vice Minister for Technical and Higher Education |
| Fretilin | Ilda da Conceição | Vice Minister for Primary and Secondary Education |
| Fretilin | Luís Lobato | Vice Minister of Health |
| Fretilin | António Cepeda | Vice Minister of Development |
| Fretilin | Raúl Mousaco | Vice Minister of Public Works |

### Secretaries of State

| Party | Secretary of State | Portfolio |
| Fretilin | Gregório de Sousa | Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers |
| Fretilin | David Ximenes | Secretary of State for Veterans and Former Combatants |
| Fretilin | José Manuel Fernandes | Secretary of State for Youth and Sports |
| Independent | João Alves | Secretary of State for Environmental Coordination, Territorial Ordering and Physical Development |
| Fretilin | José Reis | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region I (Lautem, Viqueque and Baucau) |
| Fretilin | Adriano Corte Real | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region II (Manatuto, Manufahi and Ainaro) |
| Fretilin | Carlos da Conceição de Deus | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region III (Dili, Aileu and Ermera) |
| Fretilin | Lino de Jesus Torrezão | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region IV (Liquiça, Bobonaro and Cova-Lima) |