Prime Minister of East Timor

Prime Minister of East Timor
Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro
Tetum: Primeiru-Ministru

Incumbent
Rui Maria de Araújo
since 16 February 2015
Style His Excellency
Appointer Taur Matan Ruak,
as President of East Timor
Inaugural holder Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Formation 28 November 1975
East Timor
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Timor Leste

The Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro, Tetum: Primeiru-Ministru) is the head of government in East Timor. The President is the head of state. The Prime Minister is chosen by the political party or alliance of political parties with a majority in the national legislature and is formally appointed by the President. The Prime Minister oversees the activities of the government and chairs the Council of Ministers.

Key

Political parties
Other factions

List of Prime Ministers of East Timor

Prime Minister of East Timor during War for Independence

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
(1946–1978) 		28 November 1975 7 December 1975 FRETILIN

Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of East Timor

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Mari Alkatiri
(1949–) 		20 May 2002 26 June 2006[1] FRETILIN
2 José Ramos-Horta
(1949–) 		26 June 2006 19 May 2007 Independent
3 Estanislau da Silva
(1952–) 		19 May 2007 8 August 2007 FRETILIN
4 Xanana Gusmão
(1946–) 		8 August 2007 16 February 2015 CNRT
5 Rui Maria de Araújo
(1964–) 		16 February 2015 Incumbent FRETILIN

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Resigned during the 2006 crisis

See also


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