General Secretary

The General Secretariat is responsible for ensuring the services instrumental or supporting the internal functioning of the ministry, namely in the areas of general office and financial management; a Directorate-General for Affairs Bilateral, responsible for monitoring and coordinating of the relations maintained by the Timorese State with other States; a Directorate General for Multilateral Affairs and Journal of the Republic

History

  1. 1975: José Ramos-Horta

  2. 2000–2006: José Ramos-Horta

  3. 2006–2007: José Luís Guterres

  4. 2007: Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno (acting)

  5. 2007–2012: Zacarias da Costa

  6. 2012–2015: José Luís Guterres

  7. 2015–2017: Hernâni Coelho

  8. 2017–2018: Aurélio Guterres

  9. 2018–2020: Dionísio Babo Soares

  10. 2020 – 2023: Adaljíza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno