- List of Prime Ministers of East Timor Prime Minister of East Timor during War for Independence Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
- Footnotes
- See also
- External links
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Prime Minister
|body = East Timor{{small|
{{lang-pt|Primeiro-Ministro}}
{{lang-tet|Primeiru-Ministru}}}}
|insignia = Coat of arms of East Timor.svg
|insigniasize = 125px
|insigniacaption = Coat of arms of East Timor
|image = Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Taur Matan Ruak.jpg
|imagesize =
|alt =
|incumbent = Taur Matan Ruak
|incumbentsince = 22 June 2018
|style = His/Her Excellency
|appointer = President of East Timor
|termlength = 4 years
|formation = 28 November 1975
|inaugural = Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
}}{{Politics of East Timor}}The Prime Minister of Timor-Leste ({{lang-pt|Primeiro-Ministro}}, {{lang-tet|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. List of Prime Ministers of East Timor- Political parties
- {{legend|{{Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor/meta/color}}|Fretilin|border=1px solid #aaa}}
- {{legend|{{National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction/meta/color}}|National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)|border=1px solid #aaa}}
- {{legend|{{People's Liberation Party (East Timor)/meta/color}}|People's Liberation Party (PLP)|border=1px solid #aaa}}
- Other factions
- {{legend|{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}|Independent|border=1px solid #aaa}}
Prime Minister of East Timor during War for Independence| № | Portrait | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Political Party |
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| 1 | | {{small>(1946–1978)}} 28 November 1975 | 7 December 1975 | Fretilin |
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Prime Ministers of the Democratic Republic of East Timor| № | Portrait | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Political Party |
|---|
| 2 | | {{small>(1949–)}} 20 May 2002 | 26 June 2006[1] | Fretilin |
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| 3 | | {{small>(1949–)}} 26 June 2006 | 19 May 2007 | Independent |
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| 4 | | {{small>(1952–)}} 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | Fretilin |
|---|
| 5 | | {{small>(1944–)}} 8 August 2007 | 16 February 2015 | CNRT |
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| 6 | | {{small>(1964–)}} 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | Fretilin |
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| {{small|(2) | | {{small>(1949–)}} 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | Fretilin |
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| 7 | | {{small>(1956–)}} 22 June 2018 | Incumbent | PLP |
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Footnotes1. ^Resigned during the 2006 crisis
See also- East Timor
- Politics of East Timor
- List of colonial heads of Portuguese Timor
- President of East Timor
- Lists of office-holders
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041126171620/http://www.pm.gov.tp/ Office of the Prime Minister]
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