Timorese Labour Party
Timorese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Timorense | |
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| Abbreviation | PT, PTT |
| President | Maria Angela Freitas |
| Founders | Paulo Freitas da Silva Albano, Domingos da Conceição Pereira and Alpido Abrão Martins |
| Founded | 5 September 1974 |
| Headquarters | Bairo Formosa (Gricenfor), Rua de Bé Fonte, Dili, East Timor |
| Membership (2001) | 2,500 members |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Feminism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation |
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| Colours | Blue Gold |
| Slogan | "Service for Development" (Tetum: Servico ba Desenvolvemento) |
| National Parliament | 0 / 65 |
| Website | |
| partidotrabalhista | |
The Timorese Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Timorense, abbreviated as PT), or Trabalhista for short (in other sources also Partido Trabalhista Timorense PTT), is one of the five parties in East Timor founded as early as 1974. The party describes itself as democratic and socialist, comparable to the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It has its headquarters in Dili on Rua de Bé Fonte in Bairo Formosa (Gricenfor).