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1975 Council of Ministers of East Timor
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East Timorese cabinet led by Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
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1975 Council of Ministers 2022-05-19 Monumentu Memoriak I Governu-1975 3.jpg Memorial to the Council of Ministers in 2022 cabinet Inaugural (Fretilin) East Timor Flag of East Timor (3-2).svg 1975 12 1 y Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Francisco Xavier do Amaral Fretilin Portuguese colonial government Indonesian occupied East Timor (1976–1999) I UNTAET Transitional Government (2000) President Prime Minister
The 1975 Council of Ministers (pt Conselho de Ministros, tet Konsellu Ministrus) was the council of ministers formed by the Fretilin political party in 1975 as the inaugural administration or cabinet of the Democratic Republic of East Timor proclaimed in November 1975.
History
On 28 November 1975, Fretilin made a unilateral declaration of independence of East Timor from Portuguese colonial rule. On 30 November 1975, the party caused a "Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL)" to be read out at an inauguration ceremony for Francisco Xavier do Amaral as the newly appointed President of its new republic.Chega! Part 3 2005 53-56
Article 40 of the new constitution provided for the establishment of a Council of Ministers. On 1 December 1975, Fretilin inaugurated that body.Chega! Part 3 2005 56
By that time, however, Indonesian armed forces had infiltrated significant parts of the territory of East Timor, especially in what is now the Bobonaro Municipality, adjacent to the border with Indonesian West Timor.Jolliffe 1978 164, 167–179 and 201–207 Just under a week later, on 7 December 1975, Indonesia began a full-scale invasion of East Timor, focused on Dili, the capital of the territory.Martin 2001 16
On 17 December 1975, Indonesia then brought about a de facto usurpation of Fretilin's Council of Ministers, by forming a Provisional Government of East Timor (PGET) (id Pemerintah Sementara Timor Timur (PSTT)) headed by Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo de of the Timorese Popular Democratic Association (pt Associação Popular Democratica Timorense no, APODETI) and Francisco Lopes da Cruz de of the Timorese Democratic Union (pt União Democrática Timorense no, UDT).Schwarz 1994 204
Composition
The Council of Ministers was made up of Ministers and Vice Ministers, as follows:República Democrática de Timor Leste: Elenco Governamental Jornal do Povo Mau Bere 4 December 1975 Extra 1 https://chartperiodicals.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/timor-leste-10-p.pdf 23 May 2022Fox 2004Decreto do Presidente da República Número 54/2006 de 17 de Novembro de 2006 Condecorações a atribuir aos Combatentes da Libertação Nacional a 28 de Novembro de 2006 Jornal da República 17 November 2006 pt 1 22 1613 http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal/public/docs/2006/serie_1/serie1_no22.pdf Government of East Timor 13 January 2022Decreto do Presidente da República Número 54/2006 de 17 de Novembro de 2006 Condecorações a atribuir aos Combatentes da Libertação Nacional a 28 de Novembro de 2006 / Decreto do Presidente da República Número 56/2006 de 5 de Dezembro de 2006 Jornal da República 20 December 2006 pt 1 22 1612-1616 http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal/public/docs/2006/serie_1/serie1_no22.pdf Government of East Timor 13 January 2022
Ministers
PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio Fretilin Nicolau Lobato 100px Prime Minister Independent José Gonçalves (politician) de José Gonçalves (Politiker) José Gonçalves Minister of Economic Coordination and Statistics Fretilin Sera Key de Juvenal Maria de Fátima Inácio Sera Key Minister of Finance Fretilin Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos Kaku'uk Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications Fretilin Rogério Lobato Minister of National Defense Fretilin Alarico Fernandes Minister of Information, Home Affairs and SecurityChega! Part 3 2005 65, 76-77 and 80 Fretilin António Duarte Carvarino Mau Lear Minister of Justice Fretilin José Ramos-Horta 100px Minister of Foreign Affairs Fretilin Vicente dos Reis de Vicente dos Reis Bie Ky Sahe Minister of Labor Fretilin Hamis Bassarewan de Hamis Bin Umar Bassarewan Hata Minister of Education and Culture Fretilin Mari Alkatiri 100px Minister of Political Affairs Fretilin Abílio Araújo de 100px Minister of Economic and Social Affairs
Vice Ministers
PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio Fretilin Hélio Sanches Pina de Hélio Sanches Pina Mau Kruma Vice Minister of Economic Coordination and Statistics Fretilin Domingos da Costa Ribeiro de Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications Fretilin Hermenegildo Alves de Hermenegildo Augusto Pereira Alves Vice Minister of DefenseChega! Part 5 2005 7 Fretilin Guido Diamantino Soares de Guido Diamantino Soares Kakeu Vice Minister of DefenseChega! Part 5 2005 7 Fretilin Fernando do Carmo de Fernando de Almeida do Carmo Vice Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security Fretilin Guilhermina Araújo de Guilhermina L.S. de Araújo Bimali Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Fretilin Guido Valadares Vice Minister of Labor and Social WelfareDili National Hospital Renamed http://www.mfac.gov.tp/localnews/local030630.html Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor) 13 January 2022 UNMISET https://web.archive.org/web/20031108111314/http://www.mfac.gov.tp/localnews/local030630.html 8 November 2003 30 June 2003 Fretilin Eduardo Ximenes de Vice Minister of HealthMinistry of Health inaugurates the Regional Hospital of Baucau http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=17211&lang=en&n=1 Government of Timor-Leste 13 January 2022 25 January 2017
See also
Proclamation of Independence Day
References
Notes
Bibliography
Fox James J. James J. Fox FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) Ooi Keat Gin Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor 2004 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, CA, USA 1576077705 522-523 QKgraWbb7yoC
Jolliffe Jill Jill Jolliffe East Timor: Nationalism and Colonialism 1978 University of Queensland Press St. Lucia, Qld 0702214809 LU4bAAAAMAAJ
Martin Ian Self-determination in East Timor: the United Nations, the ballot, and international intervention 2001 Lynne Rienner Publishers Boulder, CO, USA ZjC1cGfvARQC 158826033X
Schwarz A. 1994 A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s Westview Press Boulder, CO, USA 1863736352 https://archive.org/details/nationinwaitingi00schw
Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation Timor-Leste 2005 Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor Dili https://www.etan.org/etanpdf/2006/CAVR/03-History-of-the-Conflict.pdf 12 January 2022 Part 3: The History of the Conflict Chega! Part 3 2005
Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation Timor-Leste 2005 Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor Dili http://www.etan.org/etanpdf/2006/CAVR/05-Resistance-Structure-and-Strategy.pdf 13 January 2022 Part 5: Resistance: Structure and Strategy Chega! Part 5 2005
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