East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao (L) and Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta. Gusmao has sworn in a new government, taking the tiny nation a step closer to normalcy after deadly violence in May left it in disarray(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    JAKARTA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Timor-Leste's President Xanana Gusmao on Friday swore in a new government soon after the new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta was formed, according to media reports from Dili, capital of the young tiny country.

    The ceremony was witnessed by Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and his two deputies with a security reinforced by more than 2,200 Australian-led foreign peacekeepers, who have been deployed in the nation to restore peace and order following a violence in May.

    The new Cabinet members include Foreign Minister Jose Luis Guterres, Transport and Communications Minister Inacio Moreira, Education and Culture Minister Rosalia Corte-Real and Mineral and Energy Minister Jose Teixeira.

    Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will still hold the defense portfolio.

    In a speech to a small crowd, Gusmao said he told the ministers to pay attention to the youth and the veterans, "because the violence that appeared happened because so many youths don't have any work."

    Some 20 people were killed and around 150,000 others fled their homes amid battles between rival factions of the military and police as well as ethnic gangs.

    Mari Alkatiri resigned as prime minister last month to take responsibility for the unrest in the nation. Enditem

Timor-Leste PM unveils Cabinet

    JAKARTA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Timor Leste Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday unveiled his Cabinet with the ambassador to the United Nations as the new foreign minister, according to news reports from Dili.

    In the new Cabinet, Timor-Leste's ambassador to the United Nations Jose Luis Guterres is named as the new foreign minister.

    Prime Minister Ramos-Horta himself will hold the post of the defense minister.