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Timor-Leste

Leadership

Portrait of José Ramos-Horta
José Ramos-Horta
President
timor-leste.gov.tl · Cropped · Photo source · Public domain
Portrait of Xanana Gusmão
Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister
首相官邸ホームページ · Cropped · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

José Ramos-Horta serves as president. Xanana Gusmão serves as prime minister. Profile source

National government

TIMOR-LESTE · ELECTIONS & REPRESENTATION

Votes, seats & parliament

Dated source snapshot

Explore Timor-Leste’s recorded parliamentary results and how each chamber is selected. Leadership portraits appear above; the charts below show seats reported in the linked election records.

Chambers recorded11 not marked suspended in this source
Directly elected1Other chambers may use a different selection method
Results coverage1 / 1Chambers with a party-seat breakdown

These are dated election records, not live chamber membership. By-elections, vacancies, appointments and changes of party may alter the current composition. A seat total can cover only the seats allocated in that result; it does not automatically represent the full statutory chamber.

Directly elected

National Parliament

Recorded selection · 21 May 2023

65seats shown
National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor-Leste (CNRT)31
Revolutionary Front for an independent East Timor (FRETILIN)19
Democratic Party (PD)6
Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO)5
People's Liberation Party (PLP)4

Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.

Largest allocation in this resultNational Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor-Leste (CNRT)31 of 65 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.

Next recorded renewal projection31 May 2028A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
View the source record ↗

Regional election maps require separately verified geographic results. National seat totals are shown here without inferring regional winners.

Inter-Parliamentary Union: Parliamentary elections, November 2026. Terms of use · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

UN heads of state and government reference