President of East Timor

President of East Timor

East Timor is an emerging democratic state. Its current president is José Ramos-Horta.

With the introduction of a new constitution, a parliamentary system was chosen with the president playing a largely ceremonial role.

List of Presidents of East Timor

Presidents of East Timor during War for Independence

*Francisco Xavier do Amaral (28 November7 December 1975)
*Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (7 December 197531 December 1978) (nominal)

Presidents of the independent Democratic Republic of East Timor

:*Served as interim president during the 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts.

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