Prime Minister of East Timor
Prime Minister of East Timor Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro Tetum: Primeiru-Ministru | |
---|---|
| |
Appointer |
Taur Matan Ruak President of East Timor |
Inaugural holder | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato |
Formation | 28 November 1975 |
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Timor Leste |
Politics portal |
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.
List of Prime Ministers of East Timor
Prime Minister of East Timor during War for Independence
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN)
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946–1978) | 28 November 1975 | 7 December 1975 | FRETILIN | |
Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN)
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | 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
- ↑ Resigned during the 2006 crisis
See also
External links
|
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, December 29, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.