Rui Silva

Timor-Leste Timor-Leste

Legal and Finance Policy Adviser

Legal

Law drafter & Public Finance, Governance and Administration at the European Union, Portugal and Timor-Leste. In Portugal and the United Europe: • Degree in Law (University of Lisbon): 1980 (35 years) • Master in Legal Sciences Economic / Public Finance, 3 years: in 2003 • 5 Courses of the National Institute of Administration (for Public managers) • Lawyer in Portugal since 1982. • Employee (Principal Adviser) of the Ministry of Finance Portugal: from 1985 to the present (30 years) • Head of Division Tax Benefits: 1989-1990 (preparation of extinction of this Division) • National Director for taxes on consumption (oil, tobacco, cars, drinks, alcohols and import VAT): Final 1990-