Dili – East Timor formally swore in its cabinet on Monday, hours after the tiny territory became independent and new President Xanana Gusmao took office.
Following is the cabinet, selected by the former UN chief in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri last year. Most of the ministers served in a de facto government under the UN administration.
According to East Timor's constitution, the prime minister proposes a cabinet, which then requires approval from the president.
- President - Xanana Gusmao
- Prime Minister - Mari Alkatiri
- Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation - Jose Ramos-Horta
- Minister for Justice - Ana Maria da Silva Pinto
- Minister for Planning Finance - Madalena Boavida
- Minister for Internal Administration - Rogerio Tiago Lobato
- Minister for Health - Rui Maria de Araujo
- Minister for Transport, Communications and Public Works - Ovideo Amaral
- Minister for Development and Environment - Mari Alkatiri
- Minister for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport - Armindo Maia
- Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Estanislau Aleixo da Silva
- Secretary of State for Defence - Felix de Jesus Rodrigues
- Secretary of State for Labour and Solidarity - Arsenio Paixao Bano
- Secretary of State for Commerce and Industry - Arlindo Rangel
- Secretary of State for Council of Ministers - Gregorio de Sousa
- Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs - Antoninho Bianco