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 (1975-Present)

Presidents of East Timor during War for Independence

• Francisco Xavier do Amaral (28 November – 7 December 1975)
• Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (7 December 1975 – 31 December 1978) (nominal)

Presidents of the independent Democratic Republic of East Timor (2002-Present)

No.	Name	Portrait	Term started	Term ended	Party
1	Xanana Gusmao		20 May, 2002	20 May, 2007	FRETILIN
2	Jose Ramos Horta		20 May, 2007	Incumbent	Independent