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President of East Timor
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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.
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- Francisco Xavier do Amaral (28 November – 7 December 1975)
- Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (7 December 1975 – 31 December 1978) (nominal)
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term started | Term ended | Party |
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| 1 | Xanana Gusmao |  |
20 May 2002 | 20 May 2007 | FRETILIN |
| 2 | Jose Ramos Horta |  |
20 May 2007 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Candidates – Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| José Ramos Horta | Independent | 88,102 | 21.81 | 285,835 | 69.18 |
| Francisco Guterres | Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) | 112,666 | 27.89 | 127,342 | 30.82 |
| Fernando de Araújo | Democratic Party (PD) | 77,459 | 19.18 | ||
| Francisco Xavier do Amaral | Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT) | 58,125 | 14.39 | ||
| Lúcia Lobato | Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 35,789 | 8.86 | ||
| Manuel Tilman | Association of Timorese Heroes (KOTA) | 16,539 | 4.09 | ||
| Avelino Coelho da Silva | Socialist Party of Timor (PST) | 8,338 | 2.06 | ||
| João Viegas Carrascalão | Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) | 6,928 | 1.72 | ||
| Total votes | 403,941 | 100.00 | 413,177 | 100.00 | |
| Source: East Timor Election Commission website | |||||
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