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
Chief Minister Mari Alkatiri
Date formed	20 September 2001 (2001-09-20)
Date dissolved	20 May 2002 (2002-05-20)
People and organisations
Transitional Administrator	Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Chief Minister	Mari Alkatiri
Member parties	Fretilin–PD
Status in legislature	Majority 62 / 88 (70%)
History
Predecessor	I UNTAET Transitional Government
Successor	I 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

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
	Fretilin	Mari Alkatiri		Chief Minister and Minister of Economy and Development
	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

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

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

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