Ágio Pereira

Ágio Pereira
Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Assumed office
1 July 2023
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded byFidelis Leite Magalhães
In office
22 June 2018  12 May 2020
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byAdriano do Nascimento
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Borders
In office
3 October 2017  22 June 2018
Prime MinisterMari Alkatiri
Minister of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
In office
8 August 2012  15 September 2017
Prime Minister
Succeeded byAdriano do Nascimento
Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers
In office
8 August 2007  8 August 2012
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded byGregório de Sousa
Succeeded byAvelino Coelho
Personal details
Born (1956-03-31) 31 March 1956
Political partyNational Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)
Spouses
  • Lurdes Pires
  • (1978–1988)
  • Yeni do Rosário Lay Pereira
  • (2012–present)
ChildrenOne daughter Shana Pereira, Two sons
Residence(s)Dili, East Timor

Hermenegildo Augusto "Ágio" Cabral Pereira Alves (also known as Ágio Pereira) (born 31 March 1956) is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT).

He is the incumbent Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, serving since July 2023 in the IX Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.

In the VI Constitutional Government, Pereira was one of four Ministers of State, and also Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. In the VII Constitutional Government, he was Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Borders. From June 2018 to May 2020, he was again Minister of State and Minister of the Council of Ministers, in the VIII Constitutional Government.