Prime Minister of East Timor
| Prime Minister of East Timor Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro Tetum: Primeiru-Ministru | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of East Timor | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Appointer | President of East Timor |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato |
| Formation | 28 November 1975 |
The Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro, Tetum: Xanana 2011 (cropped).jpg-Ministru) is the head of government in East Timor. The President is the head of state and appoints the Prime Minister.
List of prime ministers of East Timor
- Political parties
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)
People's Liberation Party (PLP)
- Other factions
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| 1 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946–1978) |
— | 28 November 1975 | 7 December 1975 | Fretilin | |
| 2 | António Duarte Carvarino | — | October 1977 | February 1979 | Fretilin | |
| 3 | Mari Alkatiri (born 1949) |
2001 | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | Fretilin | |
| 4 | Mari Alkatiri (born 1949) |
2001 | 20 May 2002 | 26 June 2006 | Fretilin | |
| 5 | José Ramos-Horta (born 1949) |
— | 26 June 2006 | 19 May 2007 | Independent | |
| 6 | Estanislau da Silva (born 1952) |
19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | Fretilin | ||
| 7 | Xanana Gusmão (born 1946) |
2007 2012 |
8 August 2007 | 16 February 2015 | CNRT | |
| 8 | Rui Maria de Araújo (born 1964) |
— | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | Fretilin | |
| 9 | Mari Alkatiri (born 1949) |
2017 | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | Fretilin | |
| 10 | Taur Matan Ruak (born 1956) |
2018 | 22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | PLP | |
| 11 | Armanda Berta dos Santos (born 1974) |
29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | KHUNTO | ||
| 12 | José Maria dos Reis (born 1956) |
— | 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | Fretilin | |
| 13 | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay (born 1954) |
2023 | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | CNRT | |
| 14 | Mariano Assanami Lopes (born 1975) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | PD | ||
| 15 | Xanana Gusmão (born 1946) |
1 July 2023 | Incumbent | CNRT | ||