II Constitutional Government of East Timor

The II Constitutional Government (Portuguese: II Governo Constitucional, Tetum: II Governu Konstitusionál) was the second Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 10 July 2006,[1] it was led by the country's third Prime Minister, José Ramos-Horta,[1] and was replaced by the III Constitutional Government on 19 May 2007.[2]

II Constitutional Government
II Constitutional Government of East Timor
Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta
Date formed	10 July 2006
Date dissolved	19 May 2007
People and organisations
President	Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister	José Ramos-Horta
No. of ministers	1 Prime Minister 14 other Ministers 12 Vice Ministers 9 Secretaries of State
Member parties	Fretilin
Status in legislature	Majority 55 / 88 (63%)
History
Election(s)	2001
Predecessor	I Constitutional Government
Successor	III Constitutional Government

Composition

The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:[1]

Ministers

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	José Ramos-Horta		Prime Minister and Minister for Defence
Fretilin	Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva		Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Fretilin	Rui Maria de Araújo		Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Health
Fretilin	Ana Pessoa Pinto		Minister of State and Minister for Mineral Resources
Fretilin	Maria Madalena Brites Boavida		Minister of Planning and Finance
Fretilin	José Luís Guterres		Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
	Alcino Baris		Minister of Interior
Fretilin	Antoninho Bianco		Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Fretilin	Domingos Sarmento		Minister of Justice
Fretilin	Rosária Corte-Real		Minister of Education and Culture
Fretilin	Arsénio Paixão Bano		Minister of Labour and Community Reinsertion
	Arcanjo da Silva		Minister of Development
	Odete Vítor		Minister of Public Works
	José Teixeira		Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy
	Inácio Moreira		Minister of Transport and Communications

Vice Ministers

Party	Vice Minister	Portfolio
Fretilin	Valentim Ximenes	Vice Minister of State Administration
Fretilin	Filomeno Aleixo	Vice Minister of State Administration
Fretilin	Adalgiza Magno	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Fretilin	Aicha Bassarewan	Vice Minister of Planning and Finance
Fretilin	Francisco Tilman de Sá Benevides	Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Fretilin	Luís Lobato	Vice Minister of Health
Fretilin	José Agostinho Sequeira	Vice Minister of Interior
	Víctor da Conceição Soares	Vice Minister for Technical and Higher Education
	Ilda da Conceição	Vice Minister for Primary and Secondary Education
	Isabel da Costa Ferreira	Vice Minister of Justice
Fretilin	António Cepeda	Vice Minister of Development
Fretilin	Raúl Mousaco	Vice Minister of Public Works

Secretaries of State

Party	Secretary of State	Portfolio
Fretilin	Gregório de Sousa	Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers
Fretilin	José Manuel Fernandes	Secretary of State for Youth and Sports
	João Batista Alves	Secretary of State for Environmental Coordination, Territorial Ordering and Physical Development
Fretilin	David Ximenes	Secretary of State for Veterans and Former Combatants
Fretilin	José Reis	Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region I
	Adriano Corte Real	Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region II
	Carlos da Conceição de Deus	Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region III
	Lino de Jesus Torrezão	Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region IV
	Albano Salem	Secretary of State resident in Oecussi

References

1. "II Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
2. "E Timor's interim PM sworn in". ABC News (Australia). 19 May 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2018.