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José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ɐlɨˈʃɐ̃dɾɨ ʃɐˈnɐnɐ ɣuʒˈmɐ̃w]; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician.He has served as the 6th prime minister of East Timor since 2023, previously serving in that position from 2007 to 2015. [1]
The visit comes just days after the president and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, a fellow former resistance leader, hosted United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to mark the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that led to East Timor’s independence from neighboring Indonesia in 2002.
The president appoints the prime minister, after parliamentary elections and have listened to all parties represented in the National Parliament, who is usually the leader of the majority party or majority coalition. The prime minister is ex officio a member of the Council of State, chairs the cabinet and oversees the activities of the government.
The full results of the runoff elections were made public by East Timor's National Electoral Committee spokeswoman, Maria Angelina Sarmento, on 11 May, and Ramos-Horta won with 69.18% of the vote. [29] He was inaugurated as President of East Timor in a ceremony at the parliament house in Dili on 20 May 2007. [30]
The president of Timor-Leste, officially the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (Portuguese: Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; Tetum: Prezidente Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
(Reuters) -East Timor's independence was a gift to the world because it showed conflict could be resolved through negotiation, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, the ...
Francisco Kalbuadi "Chico" Lay (né Francisco Lay; born 7 February 1954) is an East Timorese politician, businessman and sports administrator, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor, CNRT). He is the more senior of East Timor's two incumbent Deputy Prime ...
Mariano Sabino Lopes (born 12 April 1975), also known by his nom de guerre Assanami, is an East Timorese politician and a member of the Democratic Party (PD).. He is the more junior of Timor-Leste's two incumbent Deputy Prime Ministers, [note 1] and also the incumbent Coordinating Minister of Rural Development Affairs, serving since July 2023 in the IX Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste ...