| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of East Timor.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of East Timor |
| Incumbent: | Xanana Gusmão |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2023 |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Status: | Head of Government |
| Seat: | Dili |
| Appointer: | President of East Timor |
| Termlength: | Five years |
| Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of East Timor |
| Formation: | 28 November 1975 20 May 2002 |
| First: | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato Mari Alkatiri |
| Salary: | 27,000 USD annually[1] |
The prime minister of East Timor, officially the Prime 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 the head of government in East Timor.
The president of East Timor is the head of state. The president appoints the prime minister, after parliamentary elections and have listened to all parties represented in the National Parliament, who is usually the leader of the majority party or majority coalition. The prime minister is ex officio a member of the Council of State, chairs the cabinet and oversees the activities of the government.
The current prime minister is Xanana Gusmão, who was sworn in on 1 July 2023; he also served as the 6th prime minister from 2007 to 2015.
See also: Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975).
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato | — | 28 November 1975 | 7 December 1975 | Fretilin | |||
| 2 | António Duarte Carvarino | — | October 1977 | February 1979 | Fretilin | |||
See main article: United Nations Administered East Timor.
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 3 | Mari Alkatiri | 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 26 June 2006 | Fretilin | |||
| 4 | José Ramos-Horta | — | 26 June 2006 | 19 May 2007 | Independent | |||
| 5 | Estanislau da Silva | 19 May 2007 | 8 August 2007 | Fretilin | ||||
| 6 | Xanana Gusmão | 2007 2012 | 8 August 2007 | 16 February 2015 | CNRT | |||
| 7 | Rui Maria de Araújo | — | 16 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | Fretilin | |||
| Mari Alkatiri | 2017 | 15 September 2017 | 22 June 2018 | Fretilin | ||||
| 8 | Taur Matan Ruak | 2018 | 22 June 2018 | 1 July 2023 | PLP | |||
| Xanana Gusmão | 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | CNRT | ||||
The Constitution of East Timor 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.
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Armanda Berta dos Santos | — | 29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | KHUNTO | ||
| 2 | José Maria dos Reis | 24 June 2020 | 1 July 2023 | Fretilin | |||
| 3 | Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | CNRT | ||
| 4 | Mariano Assanami Lopes | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | PD | |||