Politics of East Timor

Politics of East Timor takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic,123 whereby the Prime Minister of East Timor is the head of government and the President of East Timor exercises the functions of head of state East Timor has a multi-party system Executive power is exercised by the president and the government Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Parliament The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal, though the president is less powerful than their Portuguese counterpart2 The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions

1 Executive branch
2 Legislative branch
3 Political parties and elections
4 Judicial branch
5 Administrative divisions
6 Cabinet
7 External links
8 References

Executive branchedit

Government Palace in Dili

The head of state of the East Timorese republic is the President, who is directly elected by popular vote for a five-year term and whose executive powers are somewhat limited by the constitution, though he or she is able to veto legislation, which can be overridden by the parliament Following elections, the president usually appoints as the prime minister, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition As head of government the prime minister presides over the cabinet

Main office holders

Office	Name	Party	Since
President	Francisco Guterres	FRETILIN	20 May 2017
Prime Minister	Rui Maria de Araújo	FRETILIN	16 February 2015

Legislative branchedit

Parliament of East Timor

The unicameral Timorese National Parliament Parlamento Nacional has 65 members elected by proportional representation d'Hondt method for a five-year term The number of seats can vary from a minimum of 52 to a maximum of 65, though it exceptionally had 88 members during its first term which also exceptionally lasted six years – from 2001 to 2007 – this was because the constitution provided that the 88-member Constitutional Assembly would become the first parliament after the constitution entered into force in 2002

The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions

Political parties and electionsedit

This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information September 2012

For other political parties, see List of political parties in East Timor An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in East Timor e d Summary of the 17 March and 16 April 2012 East Timorese presidential election results

Candidates	Parties	1st round		2nd round
Candidates	Parties	Votes	%	Votes	%
Taur Matan Ruak	Independent supported by CNRT	119,462	2571	275,471	6123
Francisco Guterres	FRETILIN	133,635	2876	174,408	3877
José Ramos-Horta	Independent	81,231	1748
Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party	80,381	1730
Rogério Lobato	Independent, member of FRETILIN	16,219	349
José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	9,235	199
Manuel Tilman	KOTA	7,226	156
Abílio Araújo	PNT	6,294	135
Lucas da Costa	Independent, member of Democratic Party	3,862	083
Francisco Gomes	PLPA	3,531	076
María do Céu	Independent	1,843	040
Angelita Pires	Independent	1,742	037
Valid votes		464,661	9484	449,879	9808
Invalid votes		18,788	383	6,801	148
Blank votes		6,484	132	2,023	044
Total votes turnout 7820%/7312%		489,933	10000	458,703	10000
Source: CNE, CNE

e d Summary of the 30 June 2007 East Timorese parliamentary election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente	120,592	2902	21
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense	100,175	2410	18
PSD–ASDT Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata Timorese Social Democratic Association Associaçao Social-Democrata de Timor	65,358	1573	11
Democratic Party Partido Democrático	46,946	1130	8
National Unity Party Partido Unidade Nacional	18,896	455	3
Democratic Alliance Aliança Democratica Association of Timorese Heroes Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain People's Party of Timor Partido do Povo de Timor	13,294	320	2
National Unity of Timorese Resistance União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense	13,247	319	2
Timorese Nationalist Party Partido Nasionalista Timorense	10,057	242	0
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party Partido Democratika Republica de Timor	7,718	186	0
Republican Party Partidu Republikanu	4,408	106	0
Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrata Cristão	4,300	103	0
Socialist Party of Timor Partido Socialista de Timor	3,982	096	0
Timorese Democratic Union União Democrática Timorense	3,753	090	0
Millennium Democratic Party Partido Milénio Democrático	2,878	069	0
Total turnout 805%	415,604	10000	65
Source: CNE

Judicial branchedit

The Supreme Court of Justice has one judge appointed by the National Parliament and the rest appointed by the Superior Council for the Judiciary

Administrative divisionsedit

Map of the districts of East Timor Main articles: Districts of East Timor and Subdistricts of East Timor

East Timor is divided into thirteen administrative districts:

1 Lautém
2 Baucau
3 Viqueque
4 Manatuto

5 Dili

6 Aileu
7 Manufahi
8 Liquiçá

9 Ermera

10 Ainaro
11 Bobonaro
12 Cova Lima

13 Oecusse

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Cabinetedit

Araújo 2015–present4

Minister	Name
Prime Minister	Rui Maria de Araújo
Minister of State	Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira
	Fernando La Sama de Araújo Coordinating Minister of Social
	Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva Coordinating Minister of Economy
	Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares Coordinating Minister of State Administration Affairs and Justice
Presidency of the Council of Ministers	Hermenegildo Ágio Pereira
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Hernâni Coelho
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Roberto Sarmento de Oliveira Soares
Minister of Defence	Cirilio José Cristóvão
Vice-Minister of Defence	N/A
Minister of Interior	Longuinhos Monteiro
Vice-Minister of Interior	N/A
Minister of Finance	Santina J F V Cardoso
Vice-Minister of Finance	Hélder Lopes
Minister of Justice	Ivo Jorge Valente
Vice-Minister of Justice	N/A
Minister of Health	Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa
Vice-Minister for Health	Ana Isabel Soares
Minister of Education	Fernando La Sama de Araújo
Vice-Minister of Education I	Dulce de Jesus Soares
Vice-Minister of Education II	Abel da Costa Freitas Ximenes
Minister of State Administration	Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares
Vice-Minister of State Administration	Tomás do Rosário Cabral
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment	António da Conceição
Vice-Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto
Minister of Social Solidarity	Isabel Amaral Guterres
Vice-Minister of Social Solidarity	Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu
Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications	Gastão Francisco de Sousa
Vice-Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications I	Januário da Costa Pereira
Vice-Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications II	Inácio Moreira
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva
Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Marcos da Cruz
Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay
Vice-Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture	N/A
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources	Alfredo Pires
Vice-Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources	N/A
Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment	Xanana Gusmão
Vice-Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment	N/A

Gusmão II 2012-20155

Minister	Name
Prime Minister	Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Vice Prime Minister	Fernando La Sama de Araújo
Minister of State	Agio Pereira
Minister of State	José Luís Guterres
Presidency of the Council of Ministers	Agio Pereira
Minister of Coordinator of Social Affairs	Fernando La Sama de Araújo
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	José Luís Guterres
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Constâncio da Conceição Pinto
Minister of Defence and Security	Xanana Gusmão
Vice-Minister of Defence and Security	N/A
Minister of Finance	Emilia Pires
Vice-Minister of Finance	Santina Cardoso
Minister of Justice	Dionísio Babo Soares
Vice-Minister of Justice	Ivo Jorge Valente
Minister of Health	Sérgio Lobo
Vice-Minister for Ethnics and Service Delivery	Natália de Araújo
Vice-Minister for Management, Support and Resources	Maria do Céu da Costa
Minister of Education	Bendito Freitas
Vice-Minister of Basic/Primary Education	Dulce de Jesus Soares
Vice-Minister of Secondary Education	Virgílio Simith
Vice-Minister of Higher Education	Marçal Avelino Ximenes
Minister of State Administration	Jorge Teme
Vice-Minister of State Administration	N/A
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment	António da Conceição
Vice-Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment	Abel da Costa Ximenes
Minister of Social Solidarity	Isabel Guterres
Vice-Minister of Social Solidarity	Jacinto Rigoberto de Deus
Minister of Public Works	Gastão Francisco de Sousa
Vice-Minister of Public Works	N/A
Minister of Transport and Communications	Pedro Lay
Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications	Flávio Cardoso Neves
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Mariano Assanami Sabino
Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Marcos da Cruz
Minister of Tourism	Francisco Kalbuadi Lay
Vice-Minister of Tourism	N/A
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources	Alfredo Pires
Vice-Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources	N/A

Gusmão I 2007-20126

Minister	Name
Prime Minister	Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Vice Prime Minister	José Luís Guterres Social Affairs
Vice Prime Minister	Management and State Administration
Minister of Defence and Security	Xanana Gusmão
Vice-Minister of Defence and Security	N/A
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Zacarias da Costa
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	N/A
Minister of Finance	Emília Pires
Vice-Minister of Finance	Rui Manuel Hajam
Minister of Justice	Lúcia Lobato
Vice-Minister of Justice	N/A
Minister of Health	Nelson Martins
Vice-Minister of Health	Madalena Hajam Soares
Minister of Education	João Câncio Freitas
Vice-Minister of Education	Paulo Assis Belo
Minister of Internal Administration	Arcângelo Leite
Vice-Minister of Internal Administration	N/A
Minister of Economy and Development	João Gonçalves
Vice-Minister of Economy and Development	Cristiano da Costa
Minister of Social Solidarity	Maria Domingas Alves
Vice-Minister of Social Solidarity	N/A
Minister of Public Works	Gastão Francisco de Sousa
Vice-Minister of Public Works	N/A
Minister of Infrastructure	Pedro Lay
Vice-Minister of Infrastructure	José Manuel Carrascalão
Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works	Ovidio D J Amaral
Vice-Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works	N/A
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Mariano Assanami Sabino
Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	N/A
Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry	Gil Alves
Vice-Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry	N/A

Alkatiri 2002-20077

Minister	Name
Prime Minister	Marí Bim Amude Alkatiri
Vice Prime Minister	N/A
Minister of State	Anna Pessoa Pinto
Minister of State	Jose Ramos Horta
Vice-Minister of State	Olimpio Branco
Presidency of the Council of Ministers	Anna Pessoa Pinto
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Jose Ramos Horta
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Olimpio Branco
Minister of Internal Affairs	Rogerio Tiago Lobato
Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs	Alcino Baris
Minister of Planning and Finance	Maria M B Boavida
Vice-Minister of Planning and Finance	Aicha Bassarewan
Minister of Justice	Domingos Maria Sarmento
Vice-Minister of Justice	Manuel Abrantes
Minister of Health	Rui Maria de Araujo
Vice-Minister of Health	Luis Maria Lobato
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports	Armindo Maia
Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports	Rosaria Corte-Real
Minister of Internal Administration	Anna Pessoa Pinto
Vice-Minister of Internal Administration	IIda M da Conceicao
Minister of Development and Environment
Vice-Minister of Development and Environment	Abel Da C F Ximenes
Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works	Ovidio D J Amaral
Vice-Minister of Transport, Communications and Public Works	Arq Cesar V Moreira
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Estanislau A da Silva
Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	F De Sa Benevides

External linksedit

Official Web Gateway to the Government of Timor-Leste

Referencesedit

^ Shoesmith, Dennis March–April 2003 "Timor-Leste: Divided Leadership in a Semi-Presidential System" PDF Asian Survey Berkeley: University of California Press 43 2: 231–252 ISSN 0004-4687 OCLC 905451085 doi:101525/as2003432231 Retrieved 25 August 2017 The semi-presidential system in the new state of Timor-Leste has institutionalized a political struggle between the president, Xanana Gusmão, and the prime minister, Mari Alkatiri This has polarized political alliances and threatens the viability of the new state This paper explains the ideological divisions and the history of rivalry between these two key political actors The adoption of Marxism by Fretilin in 1977 led to Gusmão's repudiation of the party in the 1980s and his decision to remove Falintil, the guerrilla movement, from Fretilin control The power struggle between the two leaders is then examined in the transition to independence This includes an account of the politicization of the defense and police forces and attempts by Minister of Internal Administration Rogério Lobato to use disaffected Falintil veterans as a counterforce to the Gusmão loyalists in the army The December 4, 2002, Dili riots are explained in the context of this political struggle
^ a b Neto, Octávio Amorim; Lobo, Marina Costa 2010 "Between Constitutional Diffusion and Local Politics: Semi-Presidentialism in Portuguese-Speaking Countries" PDF APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper Social Science Research Network SSRN 1644026  Retrieved 25 August 2017
^ Beuman, Lydia M 2016 Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge ISBN 1317362128 LCCN 2015036590 OCLC 983148216 Retrieved 18 August 2017 – via Google Books
^ 1 Araújo
^ 2 Gusmão II
^ 3 Gusmão I
^ 4 Alkatiri

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