| Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | |
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| Primeiro-Ministro (Portuguese) Primeiru-Ministru (Tetum) | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Seat | Dili |
| Appointer | President of Timor-Leste |
| Term length | Five years |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Timor-Leste |
| Formation | 28 November 1975 20 May 2002 |
| First holder | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Mari Alkatiri |
| Salary | 27,000 USD annually[1] |
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Theprime minister of Timor-Leste, officially thePrime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (Portuguese:Primeiro-Ministro da República Democrática de Timor-Leste;Tetum:Primeiru-Ministru Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste) is thehead of government of theDemocratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
Thepresident of Timor-Leste is thehead of state. The presidentappoints the prime minister, after parliamentary elections and have listened to all parties represented in theNational Parliament, who is usually the leader of the majority party or majoritycoalition. The prime minister isex officio a member of theCouncil of State, chairs thecabinet and oversees the activities of the government.
The current prime minister isXanana Gusmão, who was sworn in on 1 July 2023; he also served as the 6th prime minister from 2007 to 2015.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946–1978) | — | 28 November 1975 | 7 December 1975 | 9 days | Fretilin |
| 2 | António Duarte Carvarino [id] | October 1977 | February 1979 | 1 year, 4 months | Fretilin | ||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| – |  | Mari Alkatiri (born 1949) | 2001 | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 212 days | Fretilin |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 3 | | Mari Alkatiri (born 1949) | 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 26 June 2006[a] | 4 years, 37 days | Fretilin |
| 4 |  | José Ramos-Horta (born 1949) | — | 26 June 2006 | 19 May 2007 | 327 days | Independent |
| 5 |  | Estanislau da Silva (born 1952) | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | 81 days | Fretilin | |
| 6 |  | Xanana Gusmão (born 1946) | 2007 2012 | 8 August 2007 | 16 February 2015 | 7 years, 192 days | CNRT |
| 7 |  | Rui Maria de Araújo (born 1964) | — | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 211 days | Fretilin |
| 8 | .jpg) | Mari Alkatiri (born 1949) | 2017 | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | 280 days | Fretilin |
| 9 |  | Taur Matan Ruak (born 1956) | 2018 | 22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | 5 years, 9 days | PLP |
| 10 | | Xanana Gusmão (born 1946) | 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 116 days | CNRT |
TheConstitution of Timor-Leste provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Armanda Berta dos Santos (born 1974) | — | 29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | KHUNTO |
| 2 |  | José Maria dos Reis (born 1956) | 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 7 days | Fretilin | |
| 3 |  | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay (born 1954) | 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 116 days | CNRT |
| 4 |  | Mariano Assanami Lopes (born 1975) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 116 days | PD | |
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