The Military ranks of East Timor are the military insignia used by 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 ...

. Being a former colony of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, East Timor shares a rank structure similar to that of

Portuguese Armed Forces The Portuguese Armed Forces ( pt, Forças Armadas) are the military of Portugal. They include the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the other unified bodies and the three service branches: Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army and Portuguese Air F ...

Officers

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army and navy respectively.

Enlisted

The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army and navy respectively.

Gallery

File:2017-01-13 Lere Anan Timor.jpg,

Lere Anan Timor 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 ...

(2017) File:2020-02-02 Lere Anan Timor und Cidália Mesquita Ximenes.jpg, Lere Anan Timor (2020) File:US Navy 111127-N-ER662-545 Sideboys render honors to Brig. Gen. Filomeno da Paixao de Jesus, Deputy Chief of Defense Force for Timor-Leste, aboard.jpg, Filomeno da Paixão, Vice Chief of Defence Force, aboard a visiting US warship. File:Filomeno Paixao De Jesus.jpg, Filomeno Paixão (2014) File:2020-03-03 José da Costa Soares Trix.jpg, ''Trix'' (2017) File:Chief of Staff of the Timor-Leste Defense Force Coronel Falur Rate Laek and Primeiro-tenente of the Naval component, 2014.png, and of the Naval component (2014) File:2019-11-28 Marcelino Ximenes Rizzai.jpg, Marcelino Ximenes ''Rizai'' (2019) File:East Timor soldier with a M14 cropped.jpg, of the naval component. File:Timor-Leste Defense Force Naval component personnel 2014.png, Personnel of the naval component (2014) File:F-FDTL sailors with a US Navy sailor in October 2012.jpg, Personnel of the naval component (2012) File:Soldier repairs a leaky sink at the Manatuto Maternity Clinic.jpg, Soldier fixes a sink

References

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