President of the Republic

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The President of the Republic is the head of state of Timor-Leste, serving as the country’s highest representative and a key figure in its constitutional and political system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
President of the Republic canonical 1
Presidente da República 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ
Presidente da República ⓘ
Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste ⓘ
appointedBy popular vote ⓘ
country Timor-Leste ⓘ
currentHolder José Ramos-Horta ⓘ
currentHolderTermStart 20 May 2022 ⓘ
duty ensure respect for the Constitution of Timor-Leste ⓘ
ensure the regular functioning of democratic institutions ⓘ
represent Timor-Leste internationally ⓘ
sign international treaties approved under constitutional procedures ⓘ
electionSystem direct popular election ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement must be a Timorese citizen ⓘ
must be at least 35 years old ⓘ
must be eligible to vote ⓘ
firstHolder Xanana Gusmão ⓘ
flag Presidential standard of Timor-Leste ⓘ
formationDate 20 May 2002 ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of Timor-Leste ⓘ
inauguralHolderTermStart 20 May 2002 ⓘ
jurisdiction Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste
legalFramework Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
nativeLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
nativeTitle Presidente da República Democrática de Timor-Leste ⓘ
participatesIn Council of State of Timor-Leste ⓘ
Supreme Council of Defence and Security of Timor-Leste ⓘ
power power to act as commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces of Timor-Leste ⓘ
power to appoint and dismiss members of the Government on proposal of the Prime Minister ⓘ
power to appoint the Prime Minister ⓘ
power to declare a state of siege or state of emergency under constitutional rules ⓘ
power to dissolve the National Parliament under constitutional conditions ⓘ
power to grant pardons and commute sentences ⓘ
power to promulgate laws ⓘ
power to veto legislation ⓘ
residence Presidential Palace, Dili ⓘ
role guarantor of the Constitution of Timor-Leste ⓘ
head of state of Timor-Leste ⓘ
highest representative of Timor-Leste ⓘ
seat Dili ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
symbolicRole symbol of national independence ⓘ
symbol of national unity ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewal renewable once consecutively ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the Republic of Timor-Leste → alsoKnownAs → Presidente da República ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Republic
linked to: President of the Republic