JoséAlexandre "Xanana" Gusmão is an East Timorese politician who has served as the prime minister of East Timor since 2023,previously serving in that position from 2007 to 2015. A former rebel,he also served as East Timor's first president since its re-establishment of independence,from 20 May 2002 to 20 May 2007.
The political system in East Timor is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of East Timor is the head of government and the President of East Timor functions as head of state. East Timor has a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal,with lesser power given to the president. The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated East Timor a "flawed democracy" in 2022.
Mari bin Amude Alkatiri,GCIH is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country,and again from September 2017 until May 2018. He is the Secretary-General of the Fretilin party as well as President of the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse.
Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 30 June 2007. The new composition of East Timor's national parliament was determined by the country's population. 529,198 voters were entitled to vote,708 polling stations were ready.
The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction is a political party in East Timor founded by former President Xanana Gusmão in March 2007 in preparation for the 2007 parliamentary election.
Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 22 July 2017. Fretilin narrowly emerged as the largest party in the National Parliament,winning 23 seats to the 22 won by the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction,which had been the largest party in the outgoing Parliament.
Mário Viegas Carrascalão was an East Timorese politician and diplomat. Carrascalão,a founder of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) in 1974 and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2000,served as the governor of East Timor from 1981 to 1992 during the Indonesian occupation of the country. However,he re-joined the East Timorese government following the 1999 independence referendum and the transition to independence. He later served as a deputy prime minister within the IV Constitutional Government of then-Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão from 2009 to 2010.
Early parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 12 May 2018 after the National Parliament was dissolved by President Francisco Guterres on 26 January 2018.
The VIII Constitutional Government was the eighth Constitutional Government under the Constitution of East Timor. Formed on 22 June 2018,and restructured in mid-2020,it was led by the country's seventh Prime Minister,Taur Matan Ruak,and was replaced by the IX Constitutional Government on 1 July 2023.
Hermenegildo Augusto "Ágio" Cabral Pereira Alves is an East Timorese politician,and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT).
Manuel Cárceres da Costa is an East Timorese politician and writer. Between June 2018 and March 2022,he was the Minister of Justice,serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.
Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães is an East Timorese political economist,public policy specialist and politician,and a member of the People's Liberation Party (PLP).
Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares is an East Timorese politician,and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). From June 2018 to May 2020,he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor;he had earlier served as Minister of State,Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice,Minister of State Administration,and Minister of Justice.
Armanda Berta dos Santos is an East Timorese politician,and the leader of the Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO) political party.
Odete Maria Freitas Belo is an East Timorese physician and politician,and a member of the Fretilin political party. From May 2020 to July 2023,she was the Minister of Health,serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.
JoséMaria dos Reis Costa is an East Timorese politician,and a member of the Fretilin political party.
Mariano Sabino Lopes,also known by his nom de guerreAssanami,is an East Timorese politician and a member of the Democratic Party (PD).
Fernando Hanjam is an East Timorese politician and academic. In 2020,he served briefly as the Minister of Finance under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. Previously,in 2017–18,he was Minister of Education and Culture in the earlier VII Constitutional Government,led by Mari Alkatiri.
António da Conceição,also known by his nom de guerreKalohan (transl. "Cloud"),is an East Timorese politician,and a member of the Democratic Party (PD). He has held several Ministries in the government,and as of 2021 was a Member of the National Parliament.
Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 21 May 2023. The governing coalition going into the election was a four-party government of Fretilin–PLP–KHUNTO–PD,whilst CNRT was in opposition and held the executive branch.
