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Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu

Ministry of Transport and Communications

About Minister

Minister of Transportation and Communications

The Minister of Transport and Communications is responsible for designing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating the policy, defined and approved by the Council of Ministers for transport and communications.

The Minister of Transport and Communications is responsible to propose and implement the Ministry's policy lines in the areas of transport and communications; Formulate, develop and ensure the implementation and enforcement of the legal and regulatory framework for the transport and communications sectors; Developing and regulating transport and communications activity, as well as optimising means of communication; Ensure the coordination of the transport sector and stimulate complementarity between its various modes, as well as their competitiveness, in order to improve user satisfaction; Promote the management, as well as the adoption of technical and regulatory standards regarding the public use of communications services; Ensure the provision of public telecommunications services and the use of radio space through public undertakings or the concession of public service provision to private entities; Maintain and develop the national meteorological and seismological information and surveillance systems, including the construction and maintenance of their infrastructure; Promote and coordinate scientific research and technological development in the areas of civilian land, air and maritime transport; Establish mechanisms for collaboration and coordination with other Government bodies responsible for related areas.

The following institutions and bodies are subject to the supervision and tutelage of the Minister of Transport and Communications: The Administration of Ports of Timor-Leste (APORTIL); The Administration of Airports and Air Navigation of Timor-Leste, E.P. (ANATL E.P.); The Civil Aviation Authority of Timor-Leste (AACTL); The National Communications Authority (ANC); The Information and Communication Technologies Agency, I.P. - TIC TIMOR.

Contact Information

  • Email: miguel.manetelu@timor-leste.gov.tl
  • Phone: (+670) 7795 31 016
  • Address: Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações (MTC)
    Avenida DR. Francisco Xavier do Amaral - DILI, Timor-Leste