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Coat of arms of East Timor The national emblem of East Timor (officially: Timor-Leste) is one of the national symbols of East Timor. Current emblem The emblem was introduced on 18 January 2007 by the Law 02/2007. It is based on a design first used when the country unil ...

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Taur Matan Ruak José Maria Vasconcelos (born 10 October 1956), popularly known as Taur Matan Ruak (Tetum for "Two Sharp Eyes"), is an East Timorese politician who has served as the prime minister of East Timor since 22 June 2018. He was also President of E ...

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Dili Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in ...

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President of East Timor The president of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste ( pt, Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; tet, Prezidente Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste. The executiv ...

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Constitution of East Timor The Constitution of East Timor entered into force on 20 May 2002, and was the country's first constitution after it gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and from Indonesia, which invaded East Timor on 7 December 1975 and left in 1999 followi ...

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Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (24 May 1946 – 31 December 1978) was an East Timorese politician who is considered the national hero of the country. Biography Lobato was born in Soibada, Portuguese Timor on 24 May 1946. Lobato was the first prim ...

Mari Alkatiri Mari bin Amude Alkatiri, GCIH ( ar, مرعي بن عمودة الكثيري '; born 26 November 1949) is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of politica ...

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head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

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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president of East Timor The president of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste ( pt, Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; tet, Prezidente Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste. The executiv ...

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. The president appoints the prime minister, after parliamentary elections and have listened to all parties represented in the

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, who is usually the leader of the majority party or majority

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, chairs the

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and oversees the activities of the government.

List of prime ministers of East Timor

;''Political parties'' * * * ;''Other factions'' *

Prime Minister of East Timor during War for Independence

Chief ministers during United Nations administration

Prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

List of deputy prime ministers of East Timor

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Office of the Prime Minister
1975 establishments in East Timor 2002 establishments in East Timor {{EastTimor-poli-stub