The Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (MPM; Portuguese: Ministério do Petróleo e Minerais, Tetum: Ministériu Petróleu no Minerais) is the government department of Timor-Leste accountable for energy policy, management of mineral resources, and related matters.
Functions The Ministry is responsible for the design and implementation of policies for the following areas:
energy; management of mineral resources, including oil and other strategic ores; and for the licensing and regulation of extractive activity and industrial activity to benefit petroleum and minerals, including petrochemicals and refining.
Minister The incumbent Minister of Petroleum and Minerals is Francisco da Costa Monteiro.
See also List of petroleum ministries Politics of Timor-Leste
References
External links Media related to Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons
Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals – official site (in English)