Cirilo José Jacob Valadares Cristóvão (20 March 1966 – 20 October 2019) was a politician from East Timor who was formerly the Minister of Defense from 2015 to 2017.

[1][2] Cristóvo graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil law from Bali, Indonesia's Udayana University.

[1] Cristóvo served as the head of the legal division of the district administration of his home town of Lautém from 1993 to 1994 while working in the Indonesian civil service.

He served as a member of the Conselho Superior da Magistratura Judicial (CSMJ) from 2002 until his death in October 2019.

Prime Minister Gusmao eventually assumed control of the Ministry of Defense personally after several months of uncertainty.