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{{Politics of Timor-Leste}}
The political system in [[Timor-Leste]] is a [[Unitary state|unitary]] [[Semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[Representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[republic]],<ref name="Divided">{{Cite journal |last=Shoesmith |first=Dennis |date=March–April 2003 |title=Timor-Leste: Divided Leadership in a Semi-Presidential System |journal=[[Asian Survey]] |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=231–252 |location=Berkeley |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |issn=0004-4687 |oclc=905451085 |doi=10.1525/as.2003.43.2.231 |url=http://espace.cdu.edu.au/view/cdu:1248 |quote=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 4 December 2002, Dili riots are explained in the context of this political struggle. |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414231057/http://espace.cdu.edu.au/view/cdu:1248 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="SpL">{{cite journal |last1=Neto |first1=Octávio Amorim |last2=Lobo |first2=Marina Costa |year=2010 |title=Between Constitutional Diffusion and Local Politics: Semi-Presidentialism in Portuguese-Speaking Countries |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1666842_code1512429.pdf |journal=APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper |publisher=[[Social Science Research Network]] |ssrn=1644026 |access-date=25 August 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326203830/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1666842_code1512429.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="InstET">{{cite book |last=Beuman |first=Lydia M. |year=2016 |title=Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GCFCwAAQBAJ |location=Abingdon, Oxon |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1317362128 |lccn=2015036590 |oclc=983148216 |access-date=18 August 2017 |via=Google Books |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327131329/https://books.google.com/books?id=8GCFCwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> whereby the [[Prime Minister of Timor-Leste]] is the [[head of government]] and the [[President of Timor-Leste]]  functions as [[head of state]]. Timor-Leste 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 of Timor-Leste|National Parliament]]. The [[Judiciary]] is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal, with lesser power given to the president.<ref name="SpL" /> The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions. {{Democracy Index rating|Timor-Leste|flawed democracy|2022}} The country also had the highest electoral and liberal democracy scores in Southeast Asia in 2024, according to the [[V-Dem Democracy Indices]].

==Executive branch==
[[Image:DSCI2934 Grüne Flagge am Regierungspalast.jpg|left|thumb|Government Palace in Dili]]
The [[head of state]] of the East Timorese [[republic]] is the [[President of Timor-Leste|President]], who is directly elected by popular vote for a five-year term, and whose executive powers are somewhat limited by the constitution, the president is able to veto legislation, however this action can be overridden by the [[National Parliament of Timor-Leste|parliament]]. Following elections, the president usually appoints the leader of the majority party or majority [[Coalition government|coalition]] as the prime minister,. As [[head of government]] the prime minister presides over the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]].

{{office-table}}
|[[President of Timor-Leste|President]]
|[[José Ramos-Horta]]
|[[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]]
|20 May 2022
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Timor-Leste|Prime Minister]]
|[[Xanana Gusmão]]
|[[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]]
|[[VIII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste|1 July 2023]]
|}
{{Clear}}

==Legislative branch==
[[File:East timor parliament-davidrobie.jpg|left|thumb|Parliament of Timor-Leste]]

The [[unicameral]] Timorese [[National Parliament of Timor-Leste|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, with the exception of the first parliament, which included 88 members who previously served as the Constitutional Assembly six years rather than five (2001-2007). The longer term was in part due to the constitustion being put in place in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Timor-Leste passes bill to protect constitution |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/timor-leste-passes-bill-to-protect-constitution/97291 |website=UCA News}}</ref>

The East Timorese [[constitution]] was modelled after that of [[Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/timorleste/90432.htm |website=US department of state}}</ref> The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions.

==Political parties and elections==
{{Main|List of political parties in Timor-Leste|Elections in Timor-Leste}}

===Presidential elections===
{{Main|2022 East Timorese presidential election}}
{{Election results
|cand1=[[José Ramos-Horta]]|party1=[[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction]]|votes1=303477|votes1_2=<!--397145-->398028
|cand2=[[Francisco Guterres]]|party2=[[Fretilin]]|votes2=144282|votes2_2=<!--242440-->242939
|cand3=[[Armanda Berta dos Santos]]|party3=[[Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan]]|votes3=56690
|cand4=[[Lere Anan Timur]]|party4=Independent|votes4=49314
|cand5=[[Mariano Sabino Lopes]]|party5=[[Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)|Democratic Party]]|votes5=47334
|cand6=Anacleto Bento Ferreira|party6=[[Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party]]|votes6=13205
|cand7=Martinho Germano da Silva Gusmão|party7=United Party for Development and Democracy|votes7=8598
|cand8=Hermes da Rosa Correia Barros|party8=Independent|votes8=8030
|cand9=[[Milena Pires]]|party9=Independent|votes9=5430
|cand10=[[Isabel da Costa Ferreira]]|party10=Independent|votes10=4219
|cand11=Felizberto Araújo Duarte|party11=Independent|votes11=2709
|cand12=Constâncio da Conceção Pinto|party12=Independent|votes12=2520
|cand13=[[Rogerio Lobato]]|party13=Independent|votes13=2058
|cand14=Virgílio da Silva Guterres|party14=Independent|votes14=1720
|cand15=Antero Benedito Silva|party15=Independent|votes15=1562
|cand16=[[Ángela Freitas]]|party16=Independent|votes16=711
|invalid=12247
|invalid2=5422
|electorate=859613
|electorate2=859925
|source=National Election Commission<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.tl/apuramento/public.php# |title=Apuramento Eleisaun Presidente Repúblika 2022 (1st round) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415013039/https://www.cne.tl/apuramento/public.php |archive-date=15 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.tl/apuramento2022r2/public.php |title=Apuramento Eleisaun Presidente Repúblika 2022 (2nd round) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606192437/https://www.cne.tl/apuramento2022r2/public.php |archive-date=6 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===Parliamentary elections===
{{Main|2023 East Timorese parliamentary election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Timor Leste Parliament 2023.svg]]
|party1=[[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction]]|votes1=288289|seats1=31|sc1=+10
|party2=[[Fretilin]]|votes2=178338|seats2=19|sc2=–4
|party3=[[Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)|Democratic Party]]|votes3=64517|seats3=6|sc3=+1
|party4=[[Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan]]|votes4=52031|seats4=5|sc4=0
|party5=[[People's Liberation Party (Timor-Leste)|People's Liberation Party]]|votes5=40720|seats5=4|sc5=–4
|party6=[[Green Party of Timor]]|votes6=25106|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[United Party for Development and Democracy]]|votes7=21647|seats7=0|sc7=–1
|party8=Timorese Monarchist People's Association|votes8=6678|seats8=0|sc8=0
|party9=People's Freedom Party of Aileba|votes9=3272|seats9=0|sc9=0
|party10=[[Timorese Social Democratic Action Center]]|votes10=3170|seats10=0|sc10=0
|party11=[[Socialist Party of Timor]]|votes11=2415|seats11=0|sc11=0
|party12=[[Republican Party (Timor-Leste)|Republican Party]]|votes12=1558|seats12=0|sc12=0
|party13=[[Christian Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)|Christian Democratic Party]]|votes13=1262|seats13=0|sc13=0
|party14=[[Timorese Democratic Union]]|votes14=1256|seats14=0|sc14=–1
|party15=[[National Unity of Timorese Resistance]]|votes15=1023|seats15=0|sc15=0
|party16=Freedom Movement for the Maubere People|votes16=642|seats16=0|sc16=0
|party17=National Development Party|votes17=597|seats17=0|sc17=0|color17={{party color|National Development Party (Timor-Leste)}}
|invalid=10473
|blank=2698
|total_sc=0
|electorate=890145
|source=[https://www.cne.tl/ap2023/ CNE], [https://tatoli.tl/2023/05/23/prezidente-partidu-cnrt-prefere-hein-rezultadu-final-molok-deklara-formasaun-governu/ Tatoli]
}}

== Recent developments ==

[[Francisco Guterres]], known as Lú-Olo, of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ([[Fretilin]]) was elected president in 2017 and held the position until May 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14952883|title = East Timor profile - Timeline|work = BBC News|date = 26 February 2018|access-date = 30 May 2021|archive-date = 31 May 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210531005105/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14952883|url-status = live}}</ref> The Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), a three-party alliance, attempted to form a coalition with  [[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction]], led by former president [[Xanana Gusmão|Xanana Gusmao]], but the talks failed and Fretilin formed a minority government with the Timorese Democratic Party (DP) in September 2017. In October that year, the three opposition parties formed an alliance called Parliamentary Majority Oppositional Alliance (AOMP), and following pressures from this opposition alliance, president Guterres decided to dissolve the parliament in January 2018. This led to the second general election in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/East-Timor-votes-in-second-general-election-in-10-months|title=East Timor votes in second general election in 10 months|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212255/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/East-Timor-votes-in-second-general-election-in-10-months|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2018,  former president Jose Maria de Vasconcelos known as [[Taur Matan Ruak]] of the Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP), became the new prime minister.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-timor-politics-idUSKBN1JI1JO|title=New East Timor PM pledges to bring unity after political deadlock|newspaper=Reuters|date=22 June 2018|last1=Cruz|first1=Nelson de la|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213114/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-timor-politics-idUSKBN1JI1JO|url-status=live}}</ref> [[José Ramos-Horta]] of the centre-left [[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]] has served as the president of Timor-Leste since 20 May 2022 after winning the April 2022 [[2022 East Timorese presidential election|presidential election]] runoff.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |title=Timor-Leste presidential election: José Ramos-Horta wins in landslide |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/21/timor-leste-presidential-election-jose-ramos-horta-wins-in-landslide |work=the Guardian |date=20 April 2022 |language=en |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421074707/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/21/timor-leste-presidential-election-jose-ramos-horta-wins-in-landslide |url-status=live }}</ref>

In parliamentary elections held on Sunday, May 21, 2023, the opposition party led by [[Xanana Gusmão|Xanana Gusmao]] won 41% of the vote, making him likely to return as prime minister of the country in a coalition with at least one other party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=East Timor's opposition party wins most seats in parliamentary election |url=https://apnews.com/article/east-timor-parliamentary-election-d0e4fcf786061f3bc49526ade399fdbe |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

The country is aiming for admission to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a full member in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timor-Leste Economy, Politics and GDP Growth Summary - The Economist Intelligence Unit |url=https://country.eiu.com/timor-leste |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=country.eiu.com}}</ref> The Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN began with the country's secession from Indonesia in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-29 |title=Admitting ASEAN's 11th member |url=https://theaseanpost.com/article/admitting-aseans-11th-member |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=The ASEAN Post |language=en}}</ref> In November of 2022, ASEAN agreed "in principle" to admit Timor-Leste with observer status.<ref>{{Cite news |title=ASEAN agrees in principle to admit East Timor as 11th member |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asean-agrees-principle-admit-east-timor-11th-member-2022-11-11/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410235440/https://www.reuters.com/world/asean-agrees-principle-admit-east-timor-11th-member-2022-11-11/ |archive-date=2023-04-10 |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=Reuters |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Judicial branch==
The [[Timor-Leste Supreme Court of Justice|Supreme Court of Justice]] has one [[judge]] appointed by the National Parliament and the rest appointed by the Superior Council for the Judiciary. As mentioned in a 2010 source, the country was in the process of developing a legal system that includes private practice attorneys.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mj.gov.tl/files/JSSP_TETUM.pdf|title=Setór Justisa Planu Estratéjiku ba Timor-Leste 2011-2030|date=2010|website=Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412102655/http://www.mj.gov.tl/files/JSSP_TETUM.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
[[File:Municipalities of Timor-Leste.png|thumb|right|240px|Map of the districts of Timor-Leste.]]
{{Main|Municipalities of Timor-Leste}}
Timor-Leste is divided into fourteen municipalities:
{{Columns-list |colwidth=15em|
# [[Lautém Municipality|Lautém]]
# [[Baucau Municipality|Baucau]]
# [[Viqueque Municipality|Viqueque]]
# [[Manatuto Municipality|Manatuto]]
# [[Dili Municipality|Dili]]
# [[Aileu Municipality|Aileu]]
# [[Manufahi Municipality|Manufahi]]
# [[Liquiçá Municipality|Liquiçá]]
# [[Ermera Municipality|Ermera]]
# [[Ainaro Municipality|Ainaro]]
# [[Bobonaro Municipality|Bobonaro]]
# [[Cova Lima Municipality|Cova Lima]]
# [[Oecusse]]
# [[Atauro]]
}}

The districts are subdivided into 65 subdistricts, 443 sucos and 2,336 towns, villages and hamlets. <small>{{cite web|url=http://www.unmiset.org/legal/RDTL-Law/RDTL-Minist-Orders/Decree-Order-2003-6.pdf |title=Ministerial Order |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050110165024/http://www.unmiset.org/legal/RDTL-Law/RDTL-Minist-Orders/Decree-Order-2003-6.pdf |archive-date=10 Jan 2005}}&nbsp;{{small|(213&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]])}}</small>

==Cabinet==
{{Update|date=May 2022}}
;Gusmão III (2023–present)
{{Main|IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste}}
[https://en.tatoli.tl/2023/06/30/the-list-of-structure-of-ix-constitutional-government-announced-in-official-gazette/09/ Official Gazette of Announced Council of Ministers]

;Matan Ruak (2018–2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=13&lang=en |title=Ruak |access-date=11 July 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209090901/http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=13&lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Main|VIII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Minister !! Name
|-
| Prime Minister<br>Minister of the Interior
| [[Taur Matan Ruak]]
|-
|Deputy Prime Minister<br>Minister of Social Solidarity and Inclusion
|[[Armanda Berta dos Santos]]
|-
|Deputy Prime Minister<br>Minister of Planning and Territory
|[[José Reis (politician)|Jose Reis]]
|-
| Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers || [[Fidelis Leite Magalhães]]
|-
|Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs
|Joaquim Amaral
|-
| Minister for Legislative Reform and Parliamentary Affairs ||Francisco Martins da Costa Pereira Jerónimo
|-
|Minister of Finance
|Fernando Hanjam
|-
| Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation || [[Adaljiza Magno]]
|-
| Minister of Justice || [[Manuel Cárceres da Costa]]
|-
|Minister of State Administration
|Miguel Pereira de Carvalho
|-
|Minister of Health
|[[Odete Maria Belo]]
|-
| Minister of Education, Youth and Sports ||Armindo Maia
|-
| Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture || [[Longuinhos dos Santos]]
|-
|Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants
|Júlio Sarmento da Costa "Meta Mali"
|-
| Minister of Public Works || [[Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires]]
|-
| Minister of Transport and Communications || [[José Agustinho da Silva]]
|-
|Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry
|José Lucas do Carmo da Silva
|-
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ||Pedro dos Reis
|-
|Minister of Defense
|[[Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus]]
|-
| Minister of Petroleum and Mineral ||Víctor da Conceição Soares
<!--
|-
| Ministra Finansas || {{ill|Santina Cardoso|de}}
|-
| Ministru Saúde || [[Maria do Céu Sarmento|Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa]]
|-
| Ministru Komérsiu, Indústria no Ambiente || [[António da Conceição]]
|-
| Ministru Turizmu, Arte no Kultura || [[Francisco Kalbuadi Lay]]
|-
| Ministru Defeza || [[Cirilio José Cristóvão]]
|-
| Ministru Interiór || [[Longuinhos Monteiro]]
|-
| Ministru Planeamentu no Investimentu Estratéjiku || [[Xanana Gusmão]]
-->
|}

;Alkatiri II (2017–2018) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=18782&lang=en&n=1 |title=Alkatiri II |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080045/http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=18782&lang=en&n=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Main|VII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Minister !! Name
|-
| Prime Minister || rowspan=2| [[Mari Alkatiri]]
|-
| Minister of Development and Institutional Reform 
|-
| rowspan=4| Minister of State || [[José Ramos-Horta]]
|-
| [[Rui Maria de Araújo]]
|-
| Estanislau da Silva
|-
| Mariano Assanami Sabino
|-
| rowspan=2| Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister || Hermenegildo Augusto Cabral Pereira
|-
| José Maria dos Reis
|-
| Counselor for National Security || José Ramos-Horta
|-
| Presidency of the Council of Ministers || Adriano do Nascimento
|-
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation || Aurélio Guterres
|-
| Minister of Defence and Security || [[José Agostinho Sequeira|José Agostinho Sequeira ("Somotxo")]]
|-
| Minister of Interior || 
|-
| Minister of Planning and Finance || Rui Gomes
|-
| Deputy Minister of Housing, Planning and Environment || Abrão Gabriel Santos Oliveira
|-
| Minister of Justice || 
|-
| Deputy Minister of Justice || Sebastião Dias Ximenes
|-
| Minister of Health || Rui Maria de Araújo
|-
| Deputy Minister of Health || Luís Maria Ribeiro Freitas Lobato
|-
| Minister of Education and Culture || Fernando Hanjam
|-
| Vice Minister of Education and Culture || Lurdes Bessa
|-
| Deputy Minister of Education and Culture || José António de Jesus das Neves
|-
| Minister of State Administration || Valentim Ximenes
|-
| Deputy Minister of State Administration || José Anuno
|-
| Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment || António Conceição
|-
| Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry || Jacinto Gusmão
|-
| Minister of Social Solidarity || [[Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith]]
|-
| Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications || 
|-
| Deputy Minister of Public Works || Mariano Renato Monteiro da Cruz
|-
| Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications || Inácio Freitas Moreira
|-
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries || Estanislau da Silva
|-
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries || Cipriano Esteves Doutel Ferreira
|-
| Minister of Tourism and Art || 
|-
| Minister of Petroleum || Hernani Filomena Coelho da Silva
|-
| Minister of Mineral Resources || Mariano Assanami Sabino
|}

;Araújo (2015–2017)<ref>[http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11219&lang=en] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216102625/http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11219&lang=en|date=16 February 2015}} Araújo</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Minister !! Name
|-
| Prime Minister || [[Rui Maria de Araújo]]
|-
| rowspan=4| 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 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]]
|-
| Vice-Minister for Health || {{ill|Ana Isabel Soares|de}}
|-
| Minister of Education || Fernando La Sama de Araújo
|-
| Vice-Minister of Education I || {{ill|Dulce Soares|de}}
|-
| 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 || {{ill|Isabel Amaral Guterres|de}}
|-
| 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 (2012-2015)<ref>[http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11254&lang=en] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220130829/http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11254&lang=en|date=20 February 2015}} Gusmão II</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Minister !! Name
|-
| Prime Minister || [[Xanana Gusmão|Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão]]
|-
| Vice Prime Minister || Fernando La Sama de Araújo
|-
| rowspan=2| Minister of State || Agio Pereira
|-
| 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 || [[Emília 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 || {{ill|Natália de Araújo|de}}
|-
| Vice-Minister for Management, Support and Resources || [[Maria do Céu Sarmento]]
|-
| Minister of Education || Bendito Freitas
|-
| Vice-Minister of Basic/Primary Education || {{ill|Dulce Soares|de}}
|-
| 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 || {{ill|Isabel Amaral Guterres|de}}
|-
| 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 (2007-2012)<ref>[http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=7526&lang=en] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027032029/http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=7526&lang=en|date=27 October 2014}} Gusmão I</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Minister !! Name
|-
| Prime Minister || [[Xanana Gusmão|Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão]]
|-
| rowspan=2|Vice Prime Minister || José Luís Guterres (Social Affairs)
|-
| ? (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 || {{ill|Madalena Hanjam|de}}
|-
| 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 I (2002-2007)<ref>[http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11254&lang=en] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220130829/http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=11254&lang=en|date=20 February 2015}} Alkatiri</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Minister !! Name
|-
| Prime Minister || [[Mari Alkatiri|Marí Bim Amude Alkatiri]]
|-
| Vice Prime Minister || N/A
|-
| rowspan=2|Minister of State || [[Anna Pessoa Pinto]]
|-
| 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 || [[Ilda 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
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Batterbury |first1=Simon P.J. |last2=Palmer |first2=Lisa R. |last3=Reuter |first3=Thomas R. |last4=do Amaral de Carvalho |first4=Demetrio |last5=Kehi |first5=Balthasar |last6=Cullen |first6=Alex |title=Land access and livelihoods in post-conflict Timor-Leste: no magic bullets |journal=[[International Journal of the Commons]] |date=2015 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=619–647 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26522842 |jstor=26522842 |jstor-access=free |issn=1875-0281 |access-date=31 January 2025}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Berlie |editor1-first=Jean A |title=East Timor's Independence, Indonesia and ASEAN |date=2018 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=London |isbn=9783319626291}}
* {{cite book |last1=Beuman |first1=Lydia |title=Political Institutions in East Timor: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation |series=Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781138950337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GCFCwAAQBAJ |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327131329/https://books.google.com/books?id=8GCFCwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last1=Devereux |first1=Annemarie |title=Timor-Leste's Bill of Rights: A Preliminary History |date=28 May 2015 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=9781925022391 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDzSCgAAQBAJ |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703080838/https://books.google.com/books?id=mDzSCgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last1=Hicks |first1=David |title=Rhetoric and the Decolonization and Recolonization of East Timor |date=15 September 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-69534-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEKDBAAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Ingram |editor1-first=Sue |editor2-last=Kent |editor2-first=Lia |editor3-last=McWilliam |editor3-first=Andrew |title=A New Era?: Timor-Leste after the UN |series=State, Society and Governance in Melanesia series |date=2015 |publisher=[[ANU Press]] |location=Acton, ACT |isbn=9781925022513 |jstor=j.ctt183q3gn}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Leach |editor1-first=Michael |editor2-last=Kingsbury |editor2-first=Damien |editor2-link=Damien Kingsbury |title=The Politics of Timor-Leste: Democratic Consolidation After Intervention |series=Studies on Southeast Asia, no. 59 |date=2013 |publisher=Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program Publications |location=Ithaca, NY |isbn=9780877277897 |url=https://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30051213/leach-politicstimorleste-2013.pdf |access-date=30 November 2020 |archive-date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210150206/https://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30051213/leach-politicstimorleste-2013.pdf |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book |last1=Nixon |first1=Rod |title=Justice and Governance in East Timor: Indigenous Approaches and the 'New Subsistence State' |series=Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |location=London; New York |isbn=9781912483594}}
* {{cite web |last1=Novak |first1=Parker |title=Timor-Leste's uncertain future |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/timor-leste-s-uncertain-future |website=[[Lowy Institute]] |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en |date=2023-11-29}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Palmer |first1=Lisa |last2=McWilliam |first2=Andrew |title=Spirit Ecologies and Customary Governance in Post-conflict Timor-Leste |journal=[[Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde]] |date=2019 |volume=175 |issue=4 |pages=474–505 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26806656 |jstor=26806656 |jstor-access=free |access-date=30 January 2025 |issn=0006-2294}}
* {{cite book |last1=Strating |first1=Rebecca |title=Social Democracy in East Timor |series=Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |location=London; New York |isbn=9781138885325}}
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl}}
* {{cite web |url=https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PBAAD788.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115150342/https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PBAAD788.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2023 |title=Law and Justice in Timor-Leste: A Survey of Citizen Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Law and Justice |publisher=The Asia Foundation |date=2008}}

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