Armindo Maia

Armindo Maia
Maia in 2020
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport
In office
24 June 2020 – 1 July 2023
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byDulce de Jesus Soares
Succeeded byDulce de Jesus Soares
Minister of Education, Culture and Youth / Education, Culture, Youth and Sports / Education and Culture
In office
30 September 2001 – 14 July 2006
Prime Minister
Governor
Preceded byDulce de Jesus Soares
Succeeded byRosária Corte-Real
Personal details
Political partyFretilin
Alma mater

Armindo Maia is an East Timorese politician and academic, and a member of the Fretilin political party. From June 2020 to July 2023, he was the Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.

Previously, between 2001 and 2006, he held the equivalent position in governments led by UN administrator Sérgio Vieira de Mello and Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, respectively.