National Council (East Timor)
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National Council | |
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| Preceded by | East Timor Regional House of Representatives |
| Succeeded by | National Parliament of Timor-Leste |
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Speaker | |
| Seats | 15 (1999-2000) 33 (2000-2001) |
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| Dili, East Timor | |
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The National Council (Portuguese: Conselho Nacional, Tetum: Komite Nasional) was a deliberative body that existed in East Timor between July 1999 and August 2001 during the period that the country was administered by the United Nations following the end of the Indonesian occupation. The council was replaced by a Constituent Assembly after elections held in August 2001.
Members
A National Consultative Council (Portuguese: Conselho Consultivo Nacional, Tetum: Komite Conselleiru Nasional) was established in December 1999 by UNTAET REG 1999/2,[1] and served as a forum for East Timorese political and community leaders to advise the Transitional Administrator and discuss policy issues.
The National Consultative Council had fifteen members of which eleven were Timorese members and four international members. Of the eleven Timorese members, seven represented the National Council of Timorese Resistance, three represented political groups outside the CNRT, and one represented the Roman Catholic Church in East Timor.[2][3]
The members of the National Consultative Council were as follows:[4]
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello (UNTAET)
- Xanana Gusmão (CNRT)
- Alexandre Magno Ximenes (UDC/CNRT)
- Maria Angela Freitas (Partido Trabalhista/CNRT)
- Cipriana da Costa Pereira (FRETILIN/CNRT)
- Salvador Ximenes Soares (BRTT)
- José Estevão Soares (Pro-Integration)
- Padre José António da Costa (Roman Catholic Church)
- Avelino Coelho da Silva (PST/CNRT)
- Laurentino Domingos Luis de Gusmão (APODETI)
- Maria Lacruna (UDT/CNRT)[5]
- Clementino dos Reis Amaral (KOTA/CNRT)
- Aliança Araújo (PNT)
- Ágio Pereira (PSD/CNRT)
- Maria Genoveva da Costa Martins[6]