title: Ministry of State Administration (East Timor)
text: # Ministry of State Administration (East Timor)
  
  The Ministry of State Administration (MAE; Portuguese: Ministério da Administração Estatal, Tetum: Ministériu Administrasaun Estatál) is a government department of East Timor with responsibility for local government and associated matters. It was formed in 2007.
  
  ## Functions
  
  The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:
  
  * local government;
  * administrative decentralization;
  * support to community organizations;
  * promotion of local development;
  * organization and execution of electoral and referendum processes;
  * promotion of hygiene and urban organization; and
  * classification and conservation of official documents with historical value.
  
  ## Minister
  
  The incumbent Minister of State Administration is Tomás do Rosário Cabral [de]. He is assisted by Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes de Deus [de], Deputy Minister of State Administration.
  
  