II UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor

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II UNTAET Transitional Government

II UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor
Chief Minister Mari Alkatiri
Date formed20 September 2001 (2001-09-20)
Date dissolved20 May 2002 (2002-05-20)
People and organisations
Transitional AdministratorSérgio Vieira de Mello
Chief MinisterMari Alkatiri
Member partiesFretilin–PD
Status in legislatureMajority
62 / 88 (70%)
History
PredecessorI UNTAET Transitional Government
SuccessorI Constitutional Government

The II UNTAET Transitional Government (Portuguese: II Governo Transitório UNTAET, Tetum: II Governu Tranzisaun UNTAET) was the second administration or cabinet of United Nations Administered East Timor, a United Nations protectorate that provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor from 25 October 1999 until 20 May 2002.

On 19 September 2001, the UN Transitional Administrator, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, made a regulation on the establishment of the II UNTAET Transitional Government, which the regulation referred to officially as the "Council of Ministers".[1]

The following day, 20 September 2001, the Transitional Administrator swore in the members of the II UNTAET Transitional Government,[2] which was led by Chief Minister Mari Alkatiri,[2] and was replaced on 20 May 2002 by the I Constitutional Government of the independent East Timor.[3]

Composition[edit]

The government was made up of the following Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, and others, as follows:[2]

Ministers[edit]

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Fretilin Mari Alkatiri
Independent José Ramos-Horta
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Fretilin Ana Maria Pessoa
  • Minister of Justice
Independent Fernanda Mesquita Borges
  • Minister of Finance
    (to 23 April 2002[4])
Fretilin Antoninho Bianco [de]
  • Minister of Internal Administration
Independent Rui Maria de Araújo
  • Minister of Health
Fretilin César Vital Moreira [de]
  • Minister of Water and Public Works
Fretilin Ovídio de Jesus Amaral [de]
  • Minister of Transport and Communications
Independent Armindo Maia
  • Minister of Education, Culture and Youth
Fretilin Estanislau Aleixo da Silva
  • Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Fretilin Maria Madalena Brites Boavida
  • Minister of Finance
    (from 30 April 2002[5])

Vice Ministers[edit]

Party Vice Minister Portrait Portfolio
PD Fernando de Araújo
  • Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Fretilin Jorge Teme
  • Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Fretilin Domingos Maria Sarmento [de]
  • Vice-Minister of Justice
Fretilin Arlindo Rangel da Cruz [de]
  • Vice-Minister of Finance
Fretilin Ilda Maria da Conceição
  • Vice-Minister of Internal Administration
PD João Soares Martins [de]
  • Vice-Minister of Health
Fretilin Roque Félix Rodrigues
  • Vice-Minister of Education, Culture and Youth

Secretaries of State[edit]

Party Secretary of State Portrait Portfolio
Fretilin Arsenio Paixão Bano
  • Secretary of State for Labour and Solidarity
Fretilin Gregório de Sousa
  • Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers
Fretilin Egídio de Jesus [de]
  • Secretary of State for Natural and Mineral Resources
Fretilin Roque Félix Rodrigues
  • Secretary of State for Defence
    (from 30 April 2022)

Others[edit]

Party Office holder Portrait Portfolio
Independent Mariano José Lopes da Cruz
  • Inspector-General of the Transitional Government
Independent Emília Pires
  • Secretary of the Commission on Planning of the Transitional Government
UDT Isabel da Costa Ferreira
  • Advisor on Human Rights
Independent Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves
  • Advisor on the Promotion of Equality
UDT António da Conceição
  • Advisor on the Development of the Commission on Planning

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Regulation no. 2001/28 on the Establishment of the Council of Ministers" (PDF). peacekeeping.un.org. United Nations. 19 September 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "II UNTAET Transitional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "I Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Boavida To Replace Critical Borges at Finance Ministry". ETAN. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Madalena Boavida toma posse nas Finanças" [Madalena Boavida takes over in Finance]. TSF Rádio Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 April 2002. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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