# VI Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The VI Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VI Governu Konstitusionál) 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

| Party | Minister | Portfolio |
| 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 | Ivo Valente [de] | Minister of Justice |
| CNRT | Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa | Minister of Health |
| | Isabel Amaral Guterres [de] | 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) | Constâncio da Conceição Pinto [de] | 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) | Gastão Francisco de Sousa [de] | 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

| Party | Vice Minister | Portfolio |
| 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 | Ana Isabel Soares [de] | Vice Minister of Health |
| CNRT | Miguel Marques Manetelu | Vice Minister of Social Solidarity |
| PD (to 2016) | Constâncio da Conceição Pinto [de] | 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

| Party | Secretary of State | Portfolio |
| 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 | Veneranda Lemos Martins [de] | 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 | Maria Isabel Ximenes [de] | Secretary of State for Arts and Culture |