The II UNTAET Transitional Government (, ) 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".
The following day, 20 September 2001, the Transitional Administrator swore in the members of the II UNTAET Transitional Government, which was led by Chief Minister Mari Alkatiri, and was replaced on 20 May 2002 by the I Constitutional Government of the independent East Timor.
Composition The government was made up of the following Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, and others, as follows:
Ministers PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio 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) Fretilin Minister of Internal Administration Independent Rui Maria de Araújo Minister of Health Fretilin Minister of Water and Public Works Fretilin 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)
Vice Ministers PartyVice MinisterPortraitPortfolio PD Fernando de Araújo Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Fretilin Jorge Teme Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Fretilin Vice-Minister of Justice Fretilin Vice-Minister of Finance Fretilin Ilda Maria da Conceição Vice-Minister of Internal Administration PD Vice-Minister of Health Fretilin Roque Félix Rodrigues Vice-Minister of Education, Culture and Youth
Secretaries of State PartySecretary of StatePortraitPortfolio Fretilin Arsenio Paixão Bano Secretary of State for Labour and Solidarity Fretilin Gregório de Sousa Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers Fretilin Secretary of State for Natural and Mineral Resources Fretilin Roque Félix Rodrigues Secretary of State for Defence(from 30 April 2022)
Others PartyOffice holderPortraitPortfolio 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
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