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List of members of the parliament of Timor-Leste, 2001–07

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ264043 ↗
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This is a list of members of the National Parliament of East Timor as elected at the 2001 election. They initially sat as the Constituent Assembly before the nation was granted independence in 2002, but reformed themselves into the National Assembly that year.

District members

Thirteen members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by uninominal majority vote to represent the thirteen districts.

Party list members

Seventy-five members of the Constituent Assembly were elected from party lists by proportional representation.

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