# IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The IX Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the ninth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. It was formed on 1 July 2023, and is led by Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão. It is his second term after 2007 to 2015

## Composition

The government is made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:

### Ministers

| Party | Minister | Portfolio |
| CNRT | Xanana Gusmão | Prime Minister CNRT leader |
| CNRT | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Minister of Tourism and Environment |
| PD | Mariano "Assanami" Lopes | Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister of Rural Development Affairs PD leader |
| CNRT | Ágio Pereira | Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers |
| CNRT | Bendito Freitas | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
| CNRT | Santina Viegas Cardoso | Minister of Finance |
| Independent | Amândio Benevides [de] | Minister of Justice (1 July 2023 – 20 January 2024) |
| Independent | Sérgio Hornai | Minister of Justice (15 February 2024 – present) |
| CNRT | Dulce de Jesus Soares | Minister of Education |
| CNRT | José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo | Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture |
| CNRT | Tomás do Rosário Cabral | Minister of State Administration |
| CNRT | Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral | Minister of Health |
| CNRT | Verónica das Dores | Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion |
| CNRT | Gil da Costa Monteiro "Oan Soru" | Minister of National Liberation Fighter Affairs |
| CNRT | Samuel Marçal | Minister of Public Works |
| CNRT | Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu | Minister of Transport and Communications |
| PD | Filipus Nino Pereira | Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| CNRT | Marcos da Cruz | Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry |
| Independent | Pedro Klamar Fuik [de] | Minister of Defense |
| CNRT | Francisco da Costa Monteiro | Minister of Petroleum and Minerals |
| CNRT | Francisco da Costa Guterres | Minister of the Interior |
| CNRT | Nélio Isaac Sarmento | Minister of Youth, Sport, Art and Culture |
| PD | Gastão de Sousa | Minister of Strategic Investment |

### Deputy Ministers

| Party | Deputy Minister | Portfolio |
| CNRT | Adérito Hugo da Costa [de] | Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| CNRT | Hélder Lopes [de] | Deputy Minister of Finance (1 July 2023 – 13 September 2023) |
| CNRT | Felícia Carvalho [de] | Deputy Minister of Finance (15 September 2023 – present) |
| CNRT | Milena Maria da Costa Rangel [de] | Deputy Minister for ASEAN affairs |
| CNRT | Paulo dos Remédios [de] | Deputy Minister for Institutional Empowerment |
| CNRT | José dos Reis Magno [de] | Deputy Minister for Strengthening Health Institutions |
| | Júlio do Carmo [de] | Deputy Minister of Infrastructure |
| CNRT | Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes de Deus [de] | Deputy Minister of State Administration |
| PD | Augusto Junior Trindade [de] | Deputy Minister of Commerce |
| Independent | Céu Brites [de] | Deputy Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion |
| PD | Flávio Brandão [de] | Deputy Minister of Hospital Operations |

### Secretaries of State

| Party | Secretary of State | Portfolio |
| PD | Elvina Sousa Carvalho [de] | Secretary of State for Equality |
| Independent | Expedito Dias Ximenes [de] | Secretary of State for Social Communications |
| CNRT | Jaime Xavier Lopes [de] | Secretary of State for Land and Property |
| CNRT | Domingos Lopes Lemos [de] | Secretary of State for High School and Technical Schools |
| | Santos Noronha [de] | Secretary of State for Electricity, Water, and Sanitation |
| | Jorge Soares Cristóvão [de] | Secretary of State for Arts and Culture |
| CNRT | Domingos dos Santos da Conceição [de] | Secretary of State for Fisheries |
| | José Vieira de Araújo [de] | Secretary of State for Livestock |
| PD | Ferdinando Vieira [de] | Secretary of State for Forestry |
| CNRT | Arsénio Pereira da Silva [de] | Secretary of State for Cooperatives |
| CNRT | Rogério Araújo Mendonça [de] | Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment |
| | Mateus dos Santos Talo [de] | Secretary of State for Rural Development |
| | Germano Santa Brites Dias [de] | Secretary of State for Toponomy and State Urban Organizations |
| | Domingos Mariano Reis [de] | Secretary of State for Civil Protection |
| | César Merak [de] | Secretary of State for Veterans |