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2001 East Timorese parliamentary election

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The Assembly had the mandate of preparing a constitution. It had to be approved by at least 60 of the 88 members within 90 days of the Assembly's first sitting. The new constitution was promulgated in March 2002, and following independence on 20 May, served as its first Parliament.
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protectorate came to an end and the territory became independent as the Democratic Republic of East Timor. The Constituent Assembly was reconstituted as the National Parliament, and the government of Alkatiri (who changed his position to
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The Constituent Assembly was installed and invested a local autonomous government on 20 September led by a Council of Ministers, the first elected government in the country's history. Fretilin's Secretary General,
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On the election of a Constituent Assembly to prepare a constitution for an independent and democratic East Timor
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that make up the country, while the remaining 75 would be elected by
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Of the 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly, 13 would be elected by
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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by lists. Seventeen parties presented lists for the election.
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Most voted-for party by district and results by constituency
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List of members of the parliament of East Timor, 2001–07
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United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
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Index

United Nations
1999
2007
Constituent Assembly
Fretilin
Mari Alkatiri
Democratic
Fernando de Araújo
PSD
Mário Viegas Carrascalão
ASDT
Francisco Xavier do Amaral
UDT
João Viegas Carrascalão
PNT
Aliança de Araújo
KOTA
Leão Pedro dos Reis Amaral
PPT
Jacob Xavier
PDC
António Ximenes
PST
Pedro dos Mártires da Costa
Liberal
Armando da Silva
UDC
Vicente Guterres
Independents
António da Costa Lelan

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