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timor leste*

H.E.Alcino de Araujo Baris,
President, CNE

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republika Demokratika Timor LoroSa’e [Tetum]
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Government Unicameral
Parliamentary Democracy
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation National Parliament
President Francisco “Lu-Olo” GUTERRES
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO In the National Parliament 65 members are elect-
ed through a closed-list proportional representa-
5. Capital tion system to serve 5-year terms. There is one,
Dili nationwide constituency and a 3 percent thresh-

6. Currency old for entering parliament. Each list must contain
US Dollar the names of 65 candidates and no fewer than
25 alternate candidates. In addition, every fourth
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) candidate on a list must be female. (Law 6/2006
Catholic 96 % Article 12 (3) Seats are allocated using the d’Hondt
method.
8. Date of Independence
28 November 1975 (from Portugal) 4. Popular House
National Parliament
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
March 2002 5. Type of Electoral System
Close List Proportional Representation
10. Language (s)
Portuguese, Tetum(Official)

11. Literacy Levels
Male: 71.87% Female:64.21 %
Total: 68.07% (2018)

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