title: I UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor
text: # I UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor
  
  The I UNTAET Transitional Government (Portuguese: I Governo Transitório UNTAET, Tetum: I Governu Tranzisaun UNTAET) was the first administration or cabinet of United Nations Administered East Timor, a United Nations protectorate that provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor from 25 October 1999 until 20 May 2002.
  
  The Transitional Government took office on 15 July 2000 and was headed by the UN Transitional Administrator, Sérgio Vieira de Mello. It was replaced on 20 September 2001 by the II UNTAET Transitional Government.
  
  ## Composition
  
  The government was made up of the UN Transitional Administrator and Ministers, as follows:
  
  | Party | Minister | Portfolio |
  | - | - | - |
  | United Nations | Sérgio Vieira de Mello | Transitional Administrator |
  | United Nations | Peter Galbraith | Minister for Political Affairs and Timor Sea |
  | United Nations | Jean-Christian Cady [de] | Minister for Police and Emergency Services |
  | United Nations | Michael Francino [de] | Minister for Finance |
  | United Nations | Gita Honwana-Welch | Minister for Justice |
  | Independent | José Ramos-Horta | Minister for Foreign Affairs (to 31 March 2001 and from 15 July 2001) |
  | Fretilin | Mari Alkatiri | Minister for Economic Affairs |
  | Fretilin | Ana Pessoa Pinto | Minister for Internal Administration (to 15 July 2001) |
  | UDT | João Viegas Carrascalão | Minister for Infrastructure (to 16 July 2001) |
  | Catholic Church | Filomeno Jacob Abel [de] | Minister for Social Affairs |
  | PD | Florindo Pereira [de] | Minister for Internal Administration (from 15 July 2001) |
  | Fretilin | Ovídio de Jesus Amaral [de] | Minister for Infrastructure (from 16 July 2001) |
  