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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
East Timor became a fully independent republic on May 20, 2002, following approximately 2-1/2 years under the authority of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). The country has a parliamentary form of government with its first parliament formed from the 88-member Constituent Assembly chosen in free and fair, UN-supervised elections in August 2001. The 29-member Cabinet is dominated by the FRETILIN Party, which won the majority of Assembly seats. Mari Alkatiri, FRETILIN's Secretary General, is Prime Minister and Head of Government, and Xanana Gusmao--elected in free and fair elections on April 14, 2002--is President and Head of State. UNTAET's mandate ended with independence, but a successor organization, the UN Mission for the Support of East Timor (UNMISET), was established to provide additional support to the Government. In May 2004, UNMISET's mandate was renewed for a period of six months, with a view to subsequently extending the mandate for a further and final period of six months, until May 2005. Under the constitution ratified in March 2002, 'laws and regulations in force continue to be applicable to all matters except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the Constitution;' and Indonesian and UNTAET laws and regulations continue to be in effect. At the time of writing, the government was expected to shortly announce the holding of local elections in winter 2004.
Principal Government Officials
Head of State (President)--Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Head of Government (Prime Minister)--Mari Alkatiri
Minister of Foreign Affairs--Jose Ramos Horta
Ambassador to the United Nations and United States--Jose Luis Guterres
East Timor maintains an embassy at 3415 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007 (tel: 202-965-1515).
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