Prime Minister of East Timor

Prime Minister of East Timor
Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro
Tetum: Primeiru-Ministru
Incumbent
Taur Matan Ruak
since 22 June 2018
Style His/Her Excellency
Appointer President of East Timor
Term length 4 years
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
Constitution

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 President of East Timor appoints the Prime Minister, after parliamentary elections and have listened to all parties represented in the National Assembly, who is usually the leader of the large party or coalition. 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 19757 December 1975Fretilin

Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of East Timor

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
2 Mari Alkatiri
(1949–)		20 May 200226 June 2006[1]Fretilin
3 José Ramos-Horta
(1949–)		26 June 200619 May 2007Independent
4 Estanislau da Silva
(1952–)		19 May 20078 August 2007Fretilin
5 Xanana Gusmão
(1944–)		8 August 200716 February 2015CNRT
6 Rui Maria de Araújo
(1964–)		16 February 201515 September 2017Fretilin
(2) Mari Alkatiri
(1949–)		15 September 201722 June 2018Fretilin
7 Taur Matan Ruak
(1956–)		22 June 2018IncumbentPLP

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Resigned during the 2006 crisis

See also


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