Constituent Assembly of East Timor

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The Constituent Assembly of East Timor was the elected body responsible for drafting the country’s constitution and serving as its transitional legislature before becoming the National Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
unicameral legislature
adoptedDocument Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
compositionMethod proportional representation election
country East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste
dissolved 2002
electorate people of East Timor
establishedBy United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
followedBy National Parliament of East Timor
governmentBranch legislative branch of East Timor
hasRole drafting the Constitution of East Timor
transitional legislature of East Timor
historicalPeriod post-independence transition of East Timor
inception 2001
jurisdiction territory of East Timor
languageOfProceedings Portuguese
Tetum
legalBasis UN Security Council resolutions on East Timor
legislativeBodyOf East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
locatedIn Dili
East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
meetsIn Dili
numberOfMembers 88
precededBy National Council of Timorese Resistance
primaryFunction drafting the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
replacedBy National Parliament of East Timor
secondaryFunction acting as transitional legislature prior to independence
significantEvent 2001 East Timorese Constituent Assembly election
status defunct legislative body
supervisingAuthorityDuringTransition United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
termLength approximately one year
transitionedTo National Parliament of East Timor

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National Parliament of East Timor precededBy Constituent Assembly of East Timor
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste
linked to: Constituent Assembly of East Timor
Parlamento Nacional precededBy Constituent Assembly of East Timor
Mari Alkatiri participatedIn Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste
linked to: Constituent Assembly of East Timor
FRETILIN participatedInElection 2001 East Timorese parliamentary election
linked to: Constituent Assembly of East Timor