The prime minister of Timor-Leste, officially the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (; ) is the

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of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The president of Timor-Leste is the

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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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. The prime minister is ''ex officio'' a member of the

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, chairs the cabinet and oversees the activities of the government. The current prime minister is Xanana Gusmão, who was sworn in on 1 July 2023; he also served as the 6th prime minister from 2007 to 2015.

List of prime ministers of Timor-Leste

;Political parties ;Other factions

Prime ministers of East Timor during the War for Independence

Chief ministers during United Nations administration

Prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Timeline

List of deputy prime ministers of Timor-Leste

The Constitution of Timor-Leste provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

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Office of the Prime Minister
1975 establishments in East Timor 2002 establishments in Timor-Leste Long stubs with short prose {{EastTimor-poli-stub