I UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor

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

The Transitional Government took office on 15 July 2000 and was headed by the UN Transitional Administrator, Sérgio Vieira de Mello.[1][2][3] It was replaced on 20 September 2001 by the II UNTAET Transitional Government.[4]

Composition

The government was made up of the UN Transitional Administrator and Ministers, as follows:[1][2][3]

PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio
United NationsSérgio Vieira de Mello
  • Transitional Administrator
United NationsPeter Galbraith
  • Minister for Political Affairs and Timor Sea
United NationsJean-Christian Cady
  • Minister for Police and Emergency Services
United NationsMichael Francino
  • Minister for Finance
United NationsGita Honwana-Welch
  • Minister for Justice
IndependentJosé Ramos-Horta
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs(to 31 March 2001 and from 15 July 2001)[5]
FretilinMari Alkatiri
  • Minister for Economic Affairs
FretilinAna Pessoa Pinto
  • Minister for Internal Administration(to 15 July 2001)
UDTJoão Viegas Carrascalão
  • Minister for Infrastructure(to 16 July 2001)
Catholic ChurchFilomeno Jacob Abel
  • Minister for Social Affairs
PDFlorindo Pereira
  • Minister for Internal Administration(from 15 July 2001)
FretilinOvídio de Jesus Amaral
  • Minister for Infrastructure(from 16 July 2001)

References

  1. 12"First meeting of Transitional Cabinet". peacekeeping.un.org. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. 12"UNTAET, East Timor shape new cabinet and legislative body". Tais Timor. 1 (12). 6 August 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. 12Beuman, Lydia (2016). Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138950337.
  4. "الحكومة الانتقالية الثانية لـ UNTAET" . حكومة تيمور الشرقية . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 18 ديسمبر 2021 .
  5. «تيمور الشرقية: تعيين راموس هورتا من قبل مدير الأمم المتحدة ليحل محل غوسماو في المجلس الوطني» . إدارة الأمم المتحدة للاتصالات العالمية. 2 أبريل 2001. تاريخ الاطلاع: 19 ديسمبر 2021 .