NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER JOSE RAMOS-HORTA BECAME EAST TIMOR'S NEW PRIME MINISTER SATURDAY, THE PRESIDENT SAID, ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING MONTHS OF VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. THE TINY NATION HAS BEEN LEFT WITHOUT A FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT SINCE MARI ALKATIRI RESIGNED AS PRIME MINISTER. «TODAY I OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF EAST TIMOR,» PRESIDENT XANANA GUSMAO TOLD REPORTERS AFTER HOLDING EMERGENCY TALKS WITH ALKATIRI'S RULING FRETILIN PARTY. «THE PRIME MINISTER IS DR. JOSE RAMOS-HORTA.» AMONG THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST JOBS WOULD BE «RESTORING PEACE AND STABILITY AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF REFUGEE CAMPS AND INTO THEIR HOMES,» GUSMAO SAID.
