José Agustinho da Silva
José Agustinho da Silva is an East Timorese politician and a member of the Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan political party. He is the incumbent Minister of Transport and Communications, serving since June 2018 under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor.Political career
Silva first came to political prominence in the mid-2010s, when he replaced as Secretary-General of KHUNTO.
In the 2012 East Timorese parliamentary election, KHUNTO narrowly failed to overcome the 3% electoral threshold and have two members elected to the National Parliament. Silva was the #3 candidate on KHUNTO's list for that election.
In the 2017 parliamentary election, Silva was elected to the National Parliament from #4 on the party's list. He subsequently became Chairman of the Committee for Education, Health and Social Affairs, and an alternate member of the Council of Administation. In September 2017, he became a substitute delegate to the National Parliamentary Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
In the early election in 2018, Silva was ranked #20 in the , of which KHUNTO was a part, and was again elected to the National Parliament. On 22 June 2018, he was sworn in as Minister of Transport and Communications, and therefore automatically had to give up his parliamentary seat.
