Abel Pires da Silva
Abel Pires da Silva | |
|---|---|
Silva in 2022 | |
| 9th Minister of Public Works | |
| In office 22 March 2022 – 1 July 2023 | |
| President | José Ramos-Horta |
| Prime Minister | Taur Matan Ruak |
| Preceded by | Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Marçal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Seran Toza Lialuli 24 May 1976 Taroman, Cova Lima, East Timor |
| Political party | People's Liberation Party |
| Alma mater | Diponegoro University (BEng) Swinburne University of Technology (MIT) Australian National University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Computer scientist and politician |
Abel Pires da Silva (né Seran Toza Lialuli; born 24 May 1976) is an East Timorese computer scientist and politician. From March 2022 to July 2023, he was Minister of Public Works in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.
At the age of 41 he was one of the youngest members of the National Parliament. Additionally, he served as the National Parliament's Chair of the Infrastructure Permanent Committee, Chair of the Timor-Leste and Japan Friendship Group, Inaugural Chair of the Young Parliamentarians Group, Secretary of the Timo-Leste Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and an active member of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR).