1975 Council of Ministers of East Timor

1975 Council of Ministers
1975 Council of Ministers
; Inaugural (Fretilin) cabinet of East Timor
Date formed	1 December 1975
People and organisations
President	Francisco Xavier do Amaral
Prime Minister	Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Member parties	Fretilin
History
Predecessor	Portuguese colonial government
Successor	Indonesian government (as occupier); (1975–1999); I UNTAET Transitional Government; (2000);

The 1975 Council of Ministers (Portuguese: Conselho de Ministros, Tetum: Konsellu Ministrus) was the Council of Ministers formed by the Fretilin political party in 1975 as the inaugural administration or cabinet of the then newly independent East Timor.

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.^[1]

Article 40 of the new constitution provided for the establishment of a Council of Ministers. On 1 December 1975, Fretilin inaugurated that body.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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) (Indonesian: Pemerintah Sementara Timor Timur (PSTT)) headed by [de] of the Timorese Popular Democratic Association (Portuguese: Associação Popular Democratica Timorense, APODETI) and [de] of the Timorese Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Timorense, UDT).^[5]

Composition[]

The Council of Ministers was made up of Ministers and Vice Ministers, as follows:^[6]^[7]^[8]

Ministers[]

	Minister	Portfolio
Fretilin	Nicolau dos Reis Lobato	Prime Minister
Independent	[de]	Minister of Economic Coordination and Statistics
Fretilin	[de]	Minister of Finance
Fretilin		Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Fretilin	Rogerio Lobato	Minister of National Defense
Fretilin	Alarico Fernandes	Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security^[9]
Fretilin	[de]	Minister of Justice
Fretilin	José Ramos-Horta	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Fretilin	[de]	Minister of Labor
Fretilin	[de]	Minister of Education and Culture
Fretilin	Mari Alkatiri	Minister of Political Affairs
Fretilin	[de]	Minister of Economic and Social Affairs

Vice Ministers[]

	Minister	Portfolio
Fretilin	[de]	Vice Minister of Economic Coordination and Statistics
Fretilin	[de]	Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Fretilin	[de]	Vice Minister of Defense^[10]
Fretilin	[de]	Vice Minister of Defense^[10]
Fretilin	[de]	Vice Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security
Fretilin	Guido Valadares	Vice Minister of Labor and Social Welfare^[11]
Fretilin	[de]	Vice Minister of Health^[12]

References[]

Notes[]

^ Chega! Part 3 2005, pp. 53–56.
^ Chega! Part 3 2005, p. 56.
^ Jolliffe 1978, pp. 164, 167–179 and 201–207.
^ Martin 2001, p. 16.
^ Schwarz 1994, p. 204.
^ Fox 2004.
^ "Decreto 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" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 1 (22): 1613. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Decreto 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" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 1 (22): 1612–1616. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ Chega! Part 3 2005, pp. 65, 76-77 and 80.
^ ^a ^b Chega! Part 5 2005, p. 7.
^ "Dili National Hospital Renamed". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor). UNMISET. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original on 8 November 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Ministry of Health inaugurates the Regional Hospital of Baucau". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

Bibliography[]

Fox, James J. (2004). "FRETILIN (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente)". In Ooi, Keat Gin (ed.). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, CA, USA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 522–523. ISBN 1576077705.
Jolliffe, Jill (1978). East Timor: Nationalism and Colonialism. St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0702214809.
Martin, Ian (2001). Self-determination in East Timor: the United Nations, the ballot, and international intervention. Boulder, CO, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 158826033X.
Schwarz, A. (1994). A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. ISBN 1863736352.
"Part 3: The History of the Conflict" (PDF). Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation Timor-Leste. Dili: Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor. 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
"Part 5: Resistance: Structure and Strategy" (PDF). Chega! The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation Timor-Leste. Dili: Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor. 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[FOOTNOTEChega!_Part_3200553–56-1] Chega! Part 3 2005, pp. 53–56.

[FOOTNOTEChega!_Part_3200556-2] Chega! Part 3 2005, p. 56.

[FOOTNOTEJolliffe1978164,_167–179_and_201–207-3] Jolliffe 1978, pp. 164, 167–179 and 201–207.

[FOOTNOTEMartin200116-4] Martin 2001, p. 16.

[FOOTNOTESchwarz1994204-5] Schwarz 1994, p. 204.

[FOOTNOTEFox2004-6] Fox 2004.

[ministers-7] "Decreto 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" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 1 (22): 1613. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[vice_ministers-8] "Decreto 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" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 1 (22): 1612–1616. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[FOOTNOTEChega!_Part_3200565,_76-77_and_80-9] Chega! Part 3 2005, pp. 65, 76-77 and 80.

[FOOTNOTEChega!_Part_520057-10] Chega! Part 5 2005, p. 7.

[valadares-11] "Dili National Hospital Renamed". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (East Timor). UNMISET. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original on 8 November 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[ximenes-12] "Ministry of Health inaugurates the Regional Hospital of Baucau". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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