Rui Maria de Araújo (born 21 May 1964) is an East Timorese politician who served as its prime minister from 2015 to 2017. He is a physician and member of

Fretilin The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( pt, Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor. They presently hold 23 of 65 seats in the National Parliam ...

. He was

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

from 2001 to 2006 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007. Araújo was inaugurated as Prime Minister of

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-w ...

on 16 February 2015.Sapo Notícias (Lusa)
''Novo PM "sereno, calmo e otimista" no dia da tomada de posse'', 16. Februar 2015
retrieved, 16 February 2015. He was replaced in 2017 by

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 politic ...

Personal life

Araújo was born in the village of Mape, Cova Lima, on 21 May 1964. He is married to Teresa António Madeira Soares and is the father of two children.Sapo Notícias (Lusa)
''O estafeta que tratou a guerrilha e agora chefia o governo de Díli''
retrieved, 13 February 2015. Araújo received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, Sultan Agung Islamic University in

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. He did training in otolaryngology (ear nose throat speciality and head and neck surgery) at the Medical Faculty of

Udayana University Udayana University ( id, Universitas Udayana, abbreviated as UNUD) is a public for-profit university in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. It was established on September 29, 1962 and it used to belong to the Airlangga University that mainly located i ...

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, Indonesia. He has a Masters in Public Health from his studies at Otago University in New Zealand. University of Otago Magazine, Issue 4, 2003, p12

retrieved 2. February 2017

References

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