Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus

Brigadier General Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus (born 27 March 1953) is an East Timorese politician. He is the incumbent Minister for Defence, serving since July 2018 under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor. From October 2011 to July 2018, he was the Deputy Chief of the Timor Leste Defence Force.