title: II Constitutional Government of East Timor
text: # II Constitutional Government of East Timor
  
  The II Constitutional Government (Portuguese: II Governo Constitucional, Tetum: II Governu Konstitusionál) was the second Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 10 July 2006, it was led by the country's third Prime Minister, José Ramos-Horta, and was replaced by the III Constitutional Government on 19 May 2007.
  
  ## Composition
  
  The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows:
  
  ### Ministers
  
  | Party | Minister | Portfolio |
  | - | - | - |
  | Independent | José Ramos-Horta | Prime Minister and Minister for Defence |
  | Fretilin | Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva | Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
  | Fretilin | Rui Maria de Araújo | Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Health |
  | Fretilin | Ana Pessoa Pinto | Minister of State and Minister for Mineral Resources |
  | Fretilin | Maria Madalena Brites Boavida | Minister of Planning and Finance |
  | Fretilin | José Luís Guterres | Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
  | Independent | Alcino Baris [de] | Minister of Interior |
  | Fretilin | Antoninho Bianco [de] | Minister in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers |
  | Fretilin | Domingos Sarmento [de] | Minister of Justice |
  | Fretilin | Rosária Corte-Real | Minister of Education and Culture |
  | Fretilin | Arsénio Paixão Bano | Minister of Labour and Community Reinsertion |
  | Independent | Arcanjo da Silva [de] | Minister of Development |
  | Independent | Odete Vítor [de] | Minister of Public Works |
  | Fretilin | José Teixeira [de] | Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources, and Energy Policy |
  | Fretilin | Inácio Moreira [de] | Minister of Transport and Communications |
  
  ### Vice Ministers
  
  | Party | Vice Minister | Portfolio |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fretilin | Valentim Ximenes | Vice Minister of State Administration |
  | Fretilin | Filomeno Aleixo [de] | Vice Minister of State Administration |
  | Fretilin | Adalgiza Magno | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |
  | Fretilin | Aicha Bassarewan | Vice Minister of Planning and Finance |
  | Fretilin | Francisco Tilman de Sá Benevides | Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
  | Fretilin | Luís Lobato | Vice Minister of Health |
  | Fretilin | José Agostinho Sequeira | Vice Minister of Interior |
  | Fretilin | Víctor da Conceição Soares | Vice Minister for Technical and Higher Education |
  | Fretilin | Ilda da Conceição | Vice Minister for Primary and Secondary Education |
  | UDT | Isabel da Costa Ferreira | Vice Minister of Justice |
  | Fretilin | António Cepeda | Vice Minister of Development |
  | Fretilin | Raúl Mousaco | Vice Minister of Public Works |
  
  ### Secretaries of State
  
  | Party | Secretary of State | Portfolio |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fretilin | Gregório de Sousa | Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers |
  | Fretilin | José Manuel Fernandes | Secretary of State for Youth and Sports |
  | Independent | João Batista Alves | Secretary of State for Environmental Coordination, Territorial Ordering and Physical Development |
  | Fretilin | David Ximenes | Secretary of State for Veterans and Former Combatants |
  | Fretilin | José Reis | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region I |
  | Fretilin | Adriano Corte Real | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region II |
  | Fretilin | Carlos da Conceição de Deus | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region III |
  | Fretilin | Lino de Jesus Torrezão | Secretary of State for the Coordination of Region IV |
  | Independent | Albano Salem | Secretary of State resident in Oecussi |
  