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In Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which scored 180 countries on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"), East Timor scored 43. When ranked by score, East Timor ranked 70th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [9]
Australia, a close neighbour of both Indonesia and East Timor, was the only country to recognise Indonesia's annexation of East Timor. [1] Some members of the Australian public supported self-determination for East Timor, [2] and also actively supported the independence movement within Australia. [2]
East Timor, [a] also known as Timor-Leste, [b] officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by ...
The IX Constitutional Government (Portuguese: VIII Governo Constitucional, Tetum: VIII Governu Konstitusionál) is the ninth and incumbent Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor. It was formed on 1 July 2023, and is led by Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão. It is his second term after 2007 to ...
East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by Indonesia.
ASEAN (blue) and East Timor (red) Flag of East TimorThe accession of East Timor to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a process that started following the independence of the country in 2002 when its leaders stated that it had made a "strategic decision" to become a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the future. [1]
The Government at its swearing in. Initially, the VIII Constitutional Government was drawn from and supported by a coalition known as the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), which was made up of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the People's Liberation Party (PLP) and Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO).
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor. April – Cyclone Seroja makes landfall in Indonesia and East Timor. As of 5 April 2021, it was estimated that at least 27 people in East Timor had died in landslides and flash floods as a result of the storm, most of them in Dili. [1] December – 2021 Timor Leste earthquake [2] [3] [4]