Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus

Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus
Filomeno in 2019
Minister of Defense
In office
9 July 2018  1 July 2023
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byAgostinho Sequeira Somotxo
Succeeded byPedro Klamar Fuik
Personal details
Born (1953-03-27) 27 March 1953
Political partyIndependent
SpouseMaria José dos Mártires de Carvalho
Children5
Alma materNational University of East Timor

Brigadier General Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus (born 27 March 1953) is an East Timorese politician and former senior officer in the Timor Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL). From July 2018 to July 2023, he was Minister of Defense, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. Between October 2011 and July 2018, he was the Deputy Chief of the F-FDTL.