# II Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste

The II Constitutional Government (Portuguese: II Governo Constitucional, Tetum: II Governu Konstitusionál) was the second Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. 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 |