Emília Pires

Emilia Pires
East Timor Minister of Finance
In office
7 April 2007  16 February 2015
PresidentTaur Matan Ruak
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded byMadalena Boavida
Succeeded bySantina Cardoso
Personal details
BornRairobo, East Timor
NationalityTimorese
Alma materLa Trobe University
University of Melbourne
London School of Economics

Emília Pires was East Timor's Minister of Finance from April 2007 until 16 February 2015. Ms. Pires was sworn in as the Minister of Finance of the V Constitutional Government of East Timor on August 8, 2012 under the leadership of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.

In July 2012, Pires was appointed by the Secretary-General of United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to the 26-member High-level Panel of Eminent Persons advising the United Nations on the post 2015 global development agenda.