1975 Council of Ministers | |
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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 |
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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.
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 of the Timorese Popular Democratic Association (Portuguese: Associação Popular Democratica Timorense, APODETI) and Francisco Lopes da Cruz of the Timorese Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Timorense, UDT). [5]
The Council of Ministers was made up of Ministers and Vice Ministers, as follows: [6] [7] [8] [9]
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Fretilin | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato | |||
Independent | José Gonçalves |
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Fretilin | Juvenal Maria de Fátima Inácio Sera Key | |||
Fretilin | Eduardo Carlos dos Anjos Kaku'uk |
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Fretilin | Rogerio Lobato | |||
Fretilin | Alarico Fernandes |
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Fretilin | António Duarte Carvarino Mau Lear | |||
Fretilin | José Ramos-Horta | |||
Fretilin | Vicente dos Reis Bie Ky Sahe |
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Fretilin | Hamis Bin Umar Bassarewan Hata |
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Fretilin | Mari Alkatiri |
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Fretilin | Abílio Araújo |
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Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Fretilin | Hélio Sanches Pina Mau Kruma |
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Fretilin | Domingos da Costa Ribeiro |
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Fretilin | Hermenegildo Augusto Pereira Alves | |||
Fretilin | Guido Diamantino Soares Kakeu | |||
Fretilin | Fernando de Almeida do Carmo |
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Fretilin | Guilhermina L.S. de Araújo Bimali |
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Fretilin | Guido Valadares |
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Fretilin | Eduardo Ximenes |
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