José Ramos-Horta Officially Becomes President Of Timor Leste

The President-elect of Timor Leste, Jose Ramos Horta, attends a Thanksgiving Mass for the 20th Anniversary of the Restoration of Timor Leste's Independence at the Cathedral Church, Dili, Timor Leste, Wednesday (18/5/2022)/ANTARA FOTO/Galih Pradipta/wsj. (BETWEEN PHOTOS/GALIH PRADIPTA)

JAKARTA - José Ramos-Horta was officially re-elected and became the 5th President of Timor Leste after the Restoration of Independence of Timor Leste. to hold beliefs, to express, and to have diversity in opinion," said Ramos-Horta in a speech delivered at the presidential inauguration held in Tasi-Tolu, Dili, Timor Leste, early Friday morning local time as reported by Antara, Thursday, May 19. In his inauguration speech, Ramos-Horta said that he not only represented the people who voted for him, but he became president to represent all the people of Timor Leste. -values that reflect the identity of the nation as stated This was agreed upon by the people of Timor Leste. Ramos-Horta conveyed several global issues, such as the world economic situation, geopolitical turmoil, bilateral, multilateral, and regional cooperation, the democratic situation, technological developments in government administration to those related to energy and sustainable development. He reiterated that being a member of ASEAN was the goal of Timor Leste's national strategy during his tenure as president. for the public, a servant for the people of Timor Leste,” said Ramos-Horta.

The inauguration which was held on Thursday (19/5) night until early Friday was attended by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Mahfud MD who represented the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo and the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Timor Leste Okto Dorinus.José Ramos-Horta was officially declared the winner of the 2022 Timor Leste General Election after passing the second round and against the Incumbent Timor Leste President Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres. Although Ramos-Horta is an independent presidential candidate, the First President of Timor Leste and Chairman of the Timor Reconstruction National Congress Party (Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor/CNRT) Xanana Gusmão gave support to Ramos-Horta. Furthermore, Ramos-Horta won the general election with 62.09 percent of the vote, while Lu Olo got 37.91 percent of the vote, according to data from the Administration. Election. Prior to being elected President of Timor Leste for the period 2022-2027, Ramos-H orta has been elected President of Timor Leste in the 2007-2012 period. Thus, this is the second term for Ramos-Horta to serve as president.