Víctor da Conceição Soares

Víctor da Conceição Soares
Soares in 2020

Minister of Petroleum and Minerals
In office 24 June 2020 – 1 July 2023
Prime Minister	Taur Matan Ruak
Preceded by	Hernâni Coelho (Petroleum) Mariano Sabino Lopes (Mineral Resources)
Succeeded by	Francisco da Costa Monteiro
Deputy Minister for Technical and Higher Education
In office 10 July 2006 – 8 August 2007
Prime Minister	José Ramos-Horta (to 19 May 2007) Estanislau da Silva (from 19 May 2007)
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Office abolished

Personal details
Born	Baucau, Portuguese Timor (now East Timor)
Political party	Fretilin
Alma mater	Bandung Institute of Technology Widya Karya Catholic University Nagaoka University of Technology University of Évora

Víctor da Conceição Soares is an East Timorese politician and academic, and a member of the Fretilin political party. From June 2020 to July 2023, he was Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.