Vicente da Silva Guterres (born 22 January 1956 in

Baguia Baguia, officially Baguia Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Baucau municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is , and it has ten sucos. Taur Matan Ruak José Mar ...

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) is a

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from

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 ...

, a member of the

National Parliament of East Timor The National Parliament ( tet, Parlamentu Nasionál, pt, Parlamento Nacional) is the unicameral national legislature in East Timor. It was created in 2001 as the Constituent Assembly while the country was still administered by the United N ...

and its vice-president since 2007.

Parliamentary role

In the June 2007 parliamentary election, Guterres was elected to the National Parliament as the second name on the candidate list of the

National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction ( pt, Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor, CNRT) is a political party in East Timor founded by former President Xanana Gusmão in March 2007 in preparation for the 2007 parliamentary ...

(CNRT), a party led by

Xanana Gusmão José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician. A former rebel, he was the third President of the independent East Timor, serving from 2002 to 2007. He then became its fourth prime minister, serving from ...

. He was elected president of the National Parliament without opposition in July 2012.

Acting president of Timor-Leste

He became acting president of East Timor after President

José Ramos-Horta José Manuel Ramos-Horta (; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician currently serving as president of East Timor since May 2022. He previously served as president from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Minister of Fore ...

was injured in an attack on his home on 11 February 2008. As acting president, he proclaimed a two-day

state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...

on 12 February. After his return from Portugal, the president of National Parliament, Fernando de Araújo, took over presidency on 13 February. During his time in office, he fought for greater efforts to combat poverty. According to

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and WBG living standards in the country ranged from decent to below average.

Honours

In 2017, he received the

Order of Timor-Leste The Order of Timor-Leste ( pt, Ordem de Timor-Leste) is the highest honour currently awarded by East Timor. Established in 2009, the order was created after the original honours granted by East Timor. It is of a more general and broader nature t ...

.Diário Nacional
''PR timorense condecora principais figuras do Estado na reta final de mandato'', 3 May 2017
retrieved 21 June 2017.

References

Living people 1956 births Presidents of East Timor People from Baucau District National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction politicians Presidents of the National Parliament (East Timor) {{EastTimor-politician-stub

Parliamentary role

Acting president of Timor-Leste

Honours

See also

References