| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 18 July 2006 |
President | Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO |
Prime Minister | Jose RAMOS-HORTA |
First Deputy Prime Minister | Estanislau Maria Alexio DA SILVA |
Second Deputy Prime Minister | Rui Maria de ARAUJO |
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, & Forestry | Estanislau Maria Alexio DA SILVA |
Minister for Defense | Jose RAMOS-HORTA |
Minister for Development | Arcanjo DA SILVA |
Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, & Sports | Rosalia CORTE-REAL |
Minister for Foreign Affairs & Cooperation (Acting) | Jose Luis GUTERRES |
Minister for Health | Rui Maria de ARAUJO |
Minister for the Interior | Alcino BARIS |
Minister for Justice | Domingos SARMENTO |
Minister for Labor & Community Reinsertion | Arsenio Paixao BANO |
Minister for Natural Resources, Minerals, & Energy Policy | Jose TEIXEIRA |
Minister for Planning & Finances | Maria Madalena Brites BOAVIDA |
Minister for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers | Antoninho BIANCO |
Minister for Public Works | Odete VICTOR |
Minister for State Administrative | Ana Maria Pessoa Pereira da SILVA Pinto |
Minister for Transportation & Communications | Inacio MOREIRA |
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Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | |