The political system in Timor-Leste is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste is the head of government and the President of Timor-Leste functions as head of state. Timor-Leste 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.
Baucau is a municipality,and was formerly a district,of East Timor,on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau. The population of the municipality is 111,694 and it has an area of 1,506 km2.
The Timorese Democratic Union is a conservative political party in East Timor. It was the first party to be established in the country on May 11,1974,following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal.
The National Parliament is the unicameral national legislature in Timor-Leste. It was created in 2001 as the Constituent Assembly while the country was still administered by the United Nations,but renamed itself to the National Parliament with the attaining of national independence on 20 May 2002.
Francisco Guterres,popularly known as Lú-Olo,is an East Timorese politician who served as 6th president of East Timor from 2017 to 2022. He is also the president of the political party Fretilin,and he was the first president of the National Parliament of East Timor from 2002 to 2007.
Vicente da Silva Guterres is a politician from East Timor,a member of the National Parliament of East Timor and its vice-president since 2007.
Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno is an East Timorese politician and diplomat,and a member of the Fretilin political party.
Catarina Soares Martins is a Portuguese politician and actress. She was the national coordinator of the Left Bloc from 11 November 2012 until 28 May 2023,and has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic for the Left Bloc since 2009. She trained as a linguist and is active in theater.
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.
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 first lady of East Timor is the title attributed to the wife of the president of East Timor.
Ilda Maria da Conceição,whose resistance names were Lalo Imin and Wairaha Gae Imin,is a politician from East Timor. She is a member of the FRETILIN party.
Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão is an East Timorese journalist,author,university teacher and former Minister of Justice. She is a member of the Timorese Democratic Union.
Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves,nickname Mana (sister) Micato or Mikato,resistance name Beta Mau,is a women's rights activist,former resistance fighter,civil servant and non-party politician from East Timor. From 2007 to 2012 she was Minister of Social Solidarity.
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.
Aurélio Sérgio Cristóvão Guterres is an East Timorese academic and politician,and a member of the Fretilin political party. From September 2017 to June 2018,he was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the VII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Mari Alkatiri.
JoséAgostinho Sequeira,also known by his nom de guerreSomotxo Matar Mimiraka,is an East Timorese politician and former guerilla,and a member of the Fretilin political party. In 2006–2007,he was Vice Minister of Interior,and in 2017–2018 he was Minister for Defence and Security. Since 2018,he has been a Member of the National Parliament.
Olinda Guterres is a politician in East Timor. She has been a member of the National Parliament for the KHUNTO party since 2017.
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,the People's Liberation Party (PLP),Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO) and the Democratic Party (PD),whilst the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) was in opposition but held the presidency.
