Customs Technical training course, (DPT II), organized by Ministry of Finance Republic Indonesia, from 13 October 1989 to June 1990, at the Customs Professional Training Center in Jakarta, Indonesia;
Training program on Drugs Prohibition /forbidding, organized by the Administration (Unit) of the Drugs Law application (AAD), from 19 to 27 July 1995, at the Customs Professional Training Center in Jakarta, Indonesia
Note: certificates for the points 1 to 4 trainings were burnt or destroyed during the crisis of September 1999.
Acknowledgement Certificate, organized by TL Border Service, and received on 13 February 2001 in Dili;
Attended seminar on the Asian Issues for the TL Customs officers,
Organized by the Institute of Diplomacy and External Relationship (JICA), from 4 to 16 March 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
Promotion Certificate for the level 5, organized by the TL Customs Services, from 4 – 8 June 2001 in Dili;
Training on Senior Management Program, organized by UNTAET in Dili;
Training on Senior Management System, organized by Secretariat of ETTA, on 4-8 June 2001 in Dili;
Border Management, organized by Faculty of Law, Commerce and
Linguistic of the Darwin University, Australia, September – November 2001 in Dili;
Senior Management Program, with certificate, organized by the Academy of UNTAET, on 6 November 2001 in Dili;
Training on the Nature of the Customs Structure and Attributions, organized by National Directorate of Customs, at the Timor Leste national Police Academy;
Certificate for Acknowledgement of Instructor held by UNPOL on 21-29 March 2003 in Dili at the National Police Academy;
Analysis of the Needs of the Training and Training Methodology, organized by INAP under JICA Program on 7-19 April 2003, in Dili;
Additional Program for Customs High Officials, organized by Academia Real Aduaneira da Malásia ( ARAMAL ), on 29 July to August 2003 in Malaca, Malaysia;
Training on the Use of Force, organized by PNTL, on 30 June – 5 July 2003, at the Police Academy, Dili;
Technical Cooperation Program, organized by Customs and Taxes Department, MOF on 22 October – 5 November 2005, at the Hakodate Customs and Chitose, Japan;
Training on Risks Analysis, organized by Customs Technical Expert from Portugal on 20 June – July 1 2005 at the Customs Training Center Caicoli;
Training on Scene Crime Investigations, organized by Administration of International Law Application on 18 – 29 June 2007, at the ILEA Bangkok (Thailand;
Friendship Certificate for the Participation in the XXII Conference of the CPLP Customs Directors General, organized by CPLP, on 8-12 October 2007, in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil;
Study visit to the Portugal Customs, under Bilateral Cooperation of Portugal, on 19 November – 14 December 2007. At the Customs General Directorate, Port of Alcantra, International Airport of Lisbon and Postal Mails;
Seminar on Security of regional Borders, organized by defense Force of United Kingdom and Indonesia, on 28 January – 1 February 2008, in Jakarta Shangrila Hotel;
Training on Weapons and Drugs Traffic Investigation, organized by Administration of International Law Application, on 27 – 31 October 2008, at the Administration of International Law Enforcement Department Bangkok, Thailand;
Study reciprocal Visit to USA, Washington DC, and Seattle United States Coastal Guard, to enhance experience in the control of maritime borders;
Got Appreciation Certificates from the World Customs Organization;
4) Experience
Worked as an Indonesian Customs Officer- 1981-1985 undertaking control of arrival and dispatch of mails in the Post Office, Dili;
Worked as an Indonesian Customs Officer- 1985 - 1991, undertaking new job of Operations Division, control and dispatch of merchandises in the Dili Port;
Worked as an Indonesian Customs Officer, 1991 -a 1995, shifted to other post such as Intelligence Unit, Vigilance and Information gathering;
Worked as an Indonesian Customs Officer 1995 - 1999, transferred to Jakarta, undertaking : division of intelligence, specialized on drugs combat in the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, in the seizing of drugs, weapons and the involved persons, investigation and hand over to the Police
Narcotics Unit, control of illegal merchandises;
Receive new role from the President of CNRT to coordinate, reorganize and restructure Customs according to the new modalities of Timor Leste as an independent country;
Timor Leste Border Service from November 1999 as the UNTAET liaison officer for the establishment of Timor Leste Border Service;
Ross Ballantyne and worked as a member of the Joint-Committee in the arrangements of border traditional crossing between Indonesia and RDTL;
Worked in TL Customs Services from 20 May 2002 – March undertaking the supporting job to the National Directorate;
Worked in TL Customs Services from March 2003 to March 2009,
undertaking the job as the Head of Internal Audit comprising: investigation of internal cases, based on complaints and information from the community and government or non government agencies, provide report and
recommend to the National Director for further decision; the job also includes investigation throughout the Customs national territory and all border areas to ensure that the customs staff are working properly and applying the Customs Law and complying with the customs procedures;
Interim Director General of Corporate Services, of MOF, since 5 March – 1 April 2009;
Director General of Customs and Revenues, MOF, since 18 May 2009 – (officially - 18 May 2011) now.
Related Information
The Organic Statute of the Ministry of Finance, as approved by the Decree-Law no. 13/2009, dated 25 February, created the central services under the direct
administration of the State within the scope of the Ministry of Finance, including
inter alia the Directorate-General of Revenue and Customs. In view of this, and in
conformity with article 24 of Decree-Law no. 13/2009, it is necessary to approve its organic and functional structure. The Ministerial Diploma No. 13/2009, of 25 February 2009 establishes organic and functional structure for the Directorate-General of Revenue and Customs under the Ministry of Finance
General Directorate of Revenue and Customs has currently 320 staff. 119 out of 320 are temporary staff. The General Directorate of Revenue and Customs is supervised by a Director-General, who is appointed by the Minister of Finance according to the law. The General reports directly to the Minister of Finance. The Director-General is replaced in his/her absences and impediments by a National Director within the scope of the General Directorate of Revenue and Customs, appointed by the Minister of Finance and under proposal of the Director-General.
This General Directorate consists of three National Directorates:
o National Directorate of Customs;
o National Directorate of Petroleum Revenues; o National Directorate of Domestic Tax;
The General Directorate of Revenue and Customs also includes the following additional Departments:
According to the current organizational structure of the General Directorate of Revenue and Customs, the following two Sections report directly to the Director General:
