Timor Leste Governance Information

Type of Government:

Republic

Capital city:

Other cities:

Population:

Independence:

Constitution:

Ambassador:

Vacant

Charge'd Affairs:

Jorge CAMEO

President:

Ministers:

Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
José Ramos-Horta

Vice-Prime Minister and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Estanislau da Silva

Vice-Prime Minister and the Minister of Health
Rui Maria Araújo

Minister of State Administration
Ana Pessoa

Minister of Planning and Finance
Madalena Boavida

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
José Luís Guterres

Minister of the Interior
Alcino Barris

Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Antoninho Bianco

Minister of Education and Culture
Rosária Corte-Real

Minister of Justice
Domingos Sarmento

Minister of Labour and Community Reinsertion
Arsénio Paixão Bano

Minister of Development
Arcenjo da Silva

Minister of Public Works
Odete Victor da Costa

Minister of Natural Resources, Minerals and Energy Policy
José Teixeira

Vice Ministers:

Vice-Minister of State Administration
Valentim Ximenes

Vice-Minister of State Administration
Filomeno Aleixo

Vice-Minister of Planning and Finance
Aicha Bassarewa

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Adaljiza Magno

Vice-Minister of the Interior
José A. Sequeira

Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Francisco Benevides

Vice-Minister for Technical and Higher Education
Víctor da C. Soares

Vice-Minister for Primary and Secondary Education
Ilda da Conceição

Vice-Minister of Health
Luís Lobato

Vice-Minister of Justice
Isabel Ferreira

Vice-Minister of Development
António Cepeda

Parliament:

Election:

Political Parties:

Democratic Party or PD [Fernando de ARAUJO]; National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Xanana GUSMAO]; National Democratic Union of Timorese Resistance or UNDERTIM [Cornelio DA Conceicao GAMA]; National Unity Party or PUN [Fernanda BORGES]; People's Party of Timor or PPT [Jacob XAVIER]; Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Mari ALKATIRI]; Social Democratic Association of Timor or ASDT [Francisco Xavier do AMARAL]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Mario CARRASCALAO]; Sons of the Mountain Warriors or KOTA [Manuel TILMAN] (also known as Association of Timorese Heroes)

International Memberships

African, Caribbean , and Pacific Group of States (ACP)

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Colombo Plan (CP)

Commonwealth of Nations

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Group of 77 (G-77)

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

International Criminal Court (ICCt)

International Development Association (IDA)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Interpol

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (Sparteca)

United Nations (UN)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

University of the South Pacific (USP)

World Bank

World Customs Organization (WCO)

World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

World Health Organisation (WHO)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Sources:

(1) Official Website - Tomor Leste
http://www.pm.gov.tp/ministers.htm