Miguel Pereira de Carvalho

Miguel Pereira de Carvalho (born 6 September 1976) is an East Timorese politician and public administrator, and a member of the Fretilin political party.

From May 2020 to July 2023, he was the Minister of State Administration, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.

Early life and career Carvalho was born in Dili, in the then Indonesian province of East Timor. He began his tertiary studies at Sekolah Tinggi Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (STPDN) (now the Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (IPDN) (English: )), in West Java, Indonesia. In 2003, he completed a Masters of Politics and Public Policy degree at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

On 28 February 2019, Carvalho was appointed Deputy Provedor of the Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice ( (PDHJ)), in the area of Good Governance. He succeeded Jesuina Maria Ferreira Gomes, who became the new ombudswoman of the PDHJ.

Political career On 29 May 2020, as part of the admission of Fretilin members to the VIII Constitutional Government, Carvalho was sworn in as Minister of State Administration. In that capacity, he was also responsible for the coordination functions of the Mission Unit for Civil Protection and Natural Disaster Management.

Honours Award Date awarded Notes Medal of the Order of Merit of Public Service 15 July 2017