My Sweet Land Timor Leste

(Active names link to their correspondant biography at the CIDOB website)
Parties and organizations: APODETI: Popular Democratic Association of Timor; CNRM: National Council of Maubere Resistance; CNRT: National Council of Timorese Resistance; FALINTIL: Armed Forces of National Liberation of East Timor; FRETILIN: Revolutionary Front of an Independent East Timor; PSD: Social Democratic Party; UDT: Timorese Democratic Union n/p: non-party
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President of the Republic

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão 20 May 2002 - 2007
Dr. Jose Ramos Horte Juny 2007 - ..........
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Prime Ministers
Marí Bim Amude Alkatiri 20 May 2002 - 26 Jun 2006 FRETILIN
José Ramos-Horta .... Jun 2006 - (acting to 10 Jul 2006)
Estanislao da Silva
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Chairman of the National Parliament

Francisco Lu-Olo Guterres 20 May 2002 FRETILIN
Fernando "Lasama"de Araujo June 2006 ........ PD
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs
José Ramos-Horta 20 May 2002 - 14 Jul 2006 Independent
Adalgiza Magno Fretilin
José Luís Guterres 14 Jul 2006 - FRETILIN
Zacarias Albano June....... CNRT
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Pre-independence rulers (1975-2002)
Presidents of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
Francisco Xavier do Amaral 28 Nov 1975 - Sep 1978 FRETILIN
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Sep 1978 - 31 Dec 1978 (acting)

Head of Government of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato 28 Nov 1975 - 31 Dec 1978 FRETILIN

President of the Provisional Government (pro-Indonesian)
Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo 17 Dec 1975 - 17 Jul 1976 APODETI

Governors of the Indonesian province of East Timor
Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo 1976 - 1978
Guilherme Maria Gonçalves 1978 - 1982
Mário Viegas Carrascalão 1982 - 11 Sep 1992
Abilio José Osório Soares 11 Sep 1992 - Oct 1999

Head of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAES)
Sérgio Vieira de Mello 25 Oct 1999 - 20 May 2002 (+2003)

Chief Minister of the II Transitional Government
Marí Bim Amude Alkatiri 20 Sep 2001 - 20 May 2002 FRETILIN
(*) Self-proclaimed republic, in rebellion against the Indonesian occupation from 7 Dec 1975. The territory was annexed by Indonesia on 17 Jul 1976.
(**) UNTAES was given the military command over the territory from the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) on 23 Feb 2000. INTERFET took the military control from Indonesian militias and Army between 20 and 27 Sep 1999.
(Source: Rulers, by Ben Schemmel)
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Leaders of CNRM / CNRT (1987-2001)

President of the CNRM
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão 1 Jan 1988 - 27 Apr 1998
Special Representative of the CNRM
José Ramos-Horta 1991 - 27 Apr 1998

President of the CNRT
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão 27 Apr 1998 - 9 Jun 2001

Vicepresidents of the CNRT
José Ramos-Horta 27 Apr 1998 - 9 Jun 2001
Mário Viegas Carrascalão 27 Apr 1998 - 9 Jun 2001
The CNRM was launched on 1 Jan 1988 as a multi-party national platform of the Timorese resistance. On 27 Apr 1998 it was replaced by the CNRT, which subsequently was disbanded on 9 Jun 2001 after being constitued (15 Jul 2000) the first Transitional Government of East Timor.
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Commanders-in-Chief of FALINTIL

Nicolau dos Reis Lobato 20 Aug 1975 - 31 Dec 1978
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão Mar 1981 - 20 Nov 1992
Manecas Mau Huno Nov 1992 - Apr 1993
Nino Konis Santana Apr 1993 - 11 Mar 1998
Taur Matan Ruak Mar 1998 - 1 Feb 2001

The FALINTIL were founded on 20 Aug 1975 as the military arm of the FRETILIN party. When the CNRM was established in 1988, the FALINTIL were declared their non-partisan military branch. The FALINTIL were disbanded on 1 Feb 2001 to become the core of the new East Timor National Defence force, to operate under UN control until the independence.
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