List of heads of state of East Timor

List of heads of state of East Timor

Key
Political parties
  •   FRETILIN
  •   National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)
  •   Democratic Party (PD)
Other factions
Symbols
  • X Assassinated

Presidents of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political Party
East Timor (province)
1 Francisco Xavier do Amaral
(1939–2012)		 — 28 November 1975 7 December 1975 FRETILIN
2 Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
(1946–1978)		 — 7 December 1975 31 December 1978 FRETILIN
3 Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo

(1913–1988)

 — 31 December 1978 17 July 1979 Independent
4 Guilhere Maria Gonçalves

(1919–1999)

 — 1979 1982 Independent
5 Mario Viegas Carrascalão

(1937–2017)

 — 18 September 1982 June 1992 Independent
6 Abílio Osório Soares

(1947–2007)

 — June 1992 2 October 1999 Independent
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
7 Ian Martin

(1940–)

 — 1999 1999 Independent
8 Sérgio Vieira de Mello

(1948–2003)

— 2 October 1999 20 May 2002 Independent
9 Mari Alkatiri
(1949–)		 — 20 May 2002 20 May 2002 Independent
Democratic Republic of East Timor
10 Xanana Gusmão
(1944–)		 200220 May 200220 May 2007Independent
11 José Ramos-Horta
(1949–)[1]		 200720 May 200720 May 2012Independent
12 Vicente Guterres
(1956–)
[2]		 —11 February 200813 February 2008CNRT
13 Fernando de Araújo
(1962–2015)
[2]		 —13 February 200817 April 2008PD
14 José Ramos-Horta
(1949–)		 2008 17 April 2008 20 May 2012 Independent
15 Taur Matan Ruak
(1956–)		 201220 May 201220 May 2017Independent
16 Francisco Guterres
(1954–)		 201720 May 2017Incumbent FRETILIN

Latest election
Main article: 2017 East Timorese presidential election

See also

Footnotes
  1. Incapacitated from 11 February to 17 April 2008
  2. Served as President during the 2008 assassination attempts
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