II UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor

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.

II UNTAET Transitional Government

II UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor
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 partiesFretilinPD
Status in legislatureMajority
62 / 88 (70%)
History
PredecessorI UNTAET Transitional Government
SuccessorI Constitutional Government

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.