The Chief of the Defence Forces ( pt, Chefe Estado Maior General Forças Armadas) is the professional head of the

Timor Leste Defence Force The Timor Leste Defence Force ( tet, Forcas Defesa Timor Lorosae, pt, Forças de Defesa de Timor Leste or Falintil-FDTL, often F-FDTL) is the military body responsible for the defence of East Timor. The F-FDTL was established in February 200 ...

. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the East Timor military. The current chief is , succeeding

Lere Anan Timur Lieutenant General (Ret.) Lere Anan Timur is a Timorese general who has served as Commander of the F-FDTL since 6 October 2011 to 28 January 2022. Background He was born in an aristocratic family in Iliomar II at Lautem, and is the eldest o ...

List of officeholders

Commander of FALINTIL (1975–2001)

Chief of the F-FDTL (2002–present)

References

Military of East Timor

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

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