1975 Council of Ministers of East Timor

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1975 Council of Ministers
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Inaugural (Fretilin) cabinet of East Timor
2022-05-19 Monumentu Memoriak I Governu-1975 3.jpg
Memorial to the Council of Ministers in 2022
Date formed1 December 1975 (1975-12-01)
People and organisations
President Francisco Xavier do Amaral
Prime Minister Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Member parties Fretilin
History
Predecessor Portuguese colonial government
Successor

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 Democratic Republic of East Timor proclaimed in November 1975.

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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 Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo  [ de ] of the Timorese Popular Democratic Association (Portuguese: Associação Popular Democratica Timorense, APODETI) and Francisco Lopes da Cruz  [ 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] [9]

Ministers

PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio
Fretilin Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Stamp of Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (cropped).jpg
Independent José Gonçalves  [ de ]
  • Minister of Economic Coordination and Statistics
Fretilin Juvenal Maria de Fátima Inácio Sera Key  [ de ]
Fretilin Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos Kaku'uk
  • Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Fretilin Rogerio Lobato
Fretilin Alarico Fernandes
  • Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security [10]
Fretilin António Duarte Carvarino Mau Lear  [ de ]
Fretilin José Ramos-Horta Persconferentie met Leonel Andrade (Fretilin) en Jose Ramos Horta (Minister Buit, Bestanddeelnr 928-6310 (cropped).jpg
Fretilin Vicente dos Reis Bie Ky Sahe  [ de ]
  • Minister of Labor
Fretilin Hamis Bin Umar Bassarewan Hata  [ de ]
  • Minister of Education and Culture
Fretilin Mari Alkatiri Mari Alkatiri (1970s) (cropped).jpg
  • Minister of Political Affairs
Fretilin Abílio Araújo  [ de ] Abilio Araujo (1975).jpg
  • Minister of Economic and Social Affairs

Vice Ministers

PartyMinisterPortraitPortfolio
Fretilin Hélio Sanches Pina Mau Kruma  [ de ]
  • Vice Minister of Economic Coordination and Statistics
Fretilin Domingos da Costa Ribeiro  [ de ]
  • Vice Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Fretilin Hermenegildo Augusto Pereira Alves  [ de ]
Fretilin Guido Diamantino Soares Kakeu  [ de ]
Fretilin Fernando de Almeida do Carmo  [ de ]
  • Vice Minister of Information, Home Affairs and Security
Fretilin Guilhermina L.S. de Araújo Bimali  [ de ]
  • Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Fretilin Guido Valadares
  • Vice Minister of Labor and Social Welfare [12]
Fretilin Eduardo Ximenes  [ de ]
  • Vice Minister of Health [13]

See also

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Chega! Part 3 2005, pp. 53–56.
  2. ↑ Chega! Part 3 2005, p. 56.
  3. ↑ Jolliffe 1978, pp. 164, 167–179 and 201–207.
  4. ↑ Martin 2001, p. 16.
  5. ↑ Schwarz 1994, p. 204.
  6. ↑ "República Democrática de Timor Leste: Elenco Governamental" (PDF). Jornal do Povo Mau Bere (Extra): 1. 4 December 1975. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Fox 2004.
  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" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese). Government of East Timor. 1 (22): 1613. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Chega! Part 3 2005, pp. 65, 76-77 and 80.
  11. 1 2 Chega! Part 5 2005, p. 7.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Ministry of Health inaugurates the Regional Hospital of Baucau". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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