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
The government was made up of the following Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, and others, as follows:[2]
Ministers
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Fretilin | Mari Alkatiri | 
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| Independent | José Ramos-Horta | 
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| Fretilin | Ana Maria Pessoa | 
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| Independent | Fernanda Mesquita Borges | 
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| Fretilin | Antoninho Bianco | 
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| Independent | Rui Maria de Araújo | 
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| Fretilin | César Vital Moreira |
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| Fretilin | Ovídio de Jesus Amaral |
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| Independent | Armindo Maia | 
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| Fretilin | Estanislau Aleixo da Silva | 
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| Fretilin | Maria Madalena Brites Boavida |
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Vice Ministers
| Party | Vice Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| PD | Fernando de Araújo | 
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| Fretilin | Jorge Teme | 
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| Fretilin | Domingos Maria Sarmento | 
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| Fretilin | Arlindo Rangel da Cruz |
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| Fretilin | Ilda Maria da Conceição | 
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| PD | João Soares Martins |
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| Fretilin | Roque Félix Rodrigues | 
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Secretaries of State
| Party | Secretary of State | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Fretilin | Arsenio Paixão Bano | 
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| Fretilin | Gregório de Sousa |
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| Fretilin | Egídio de Jesus |
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| Fretilin | Roque Félix Rodrigues |
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Others
| Party | Office holder | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Independent | Mariano José Lopes da Cruz |
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| Independent | Emília Pires | 
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| UDT | Isabel da Costa Ferreira |
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| Independent | Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves | 
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| UDT | António da Conceição | 
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "II UNTAET Transitional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "I Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Boavida To Replace Critical Borges at Finance Ministry". ETAN. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "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.
