High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zacarias Albano da Costa (born 16 January 1964 in Remexio) is a East Timorese politician and diplomat. On August 8, 2007, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs2 following the 2007 parliamentary election.Before being appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Minister da Costa was a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Bench at the Parliament. In addition to his ministerial role, he is currently Chairman of the National Council of the PSD.Professionally, Minister da Costa has worked with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for four years as Inter-Agency Coordinator and Project Administration and Implementation Specialist. He was also a USAID Advisor on Private Sector Development Project and Head of Information Coordination and Monitoring Unit.