Xanana Gusmão

Xanana Gusmão
Gusmão in 2023
6th & 10th Prime Minister of East Timor
Assumed office
1 July 2023
PresidentJosé Ramos-Horta
Deputy
Preceded byTaur Matan Ruak
In office
8 August 2007  16 February 2015
President
  • José Ramos-Horta
  • Taur Matan Ruak
Preceded byEstanislau da Silva
Succeeded byRui Maria de Araújo
3rd President of East Timor
In office
20 May 2002  20 May 2007
Prime Minister
Preceded bySérgio Vieira de Mello
as UN Administrator (1999–2002)
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
as acting president
(1975–1978)
Succeeded byJosé Ramos-Horta
Personal details
Born
José Alexandre Gusmão

(1946-06-20) 20 June 1946
Manatuto, Portuguese Timor
Political partyNational Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
Spouses
Maria Emília Baptista
(m. 1965; div. 1999)
    (m. 2000; sep. 2015)
    Children5
    Residence(s)New South Wales, Australia
    Signature

    José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ɐlɨˈʃɐ̃dɾɨ ʃɐˈnanɐ ɣuʒˈmɐ̃w]; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician. He has served as the 6th prime minister of East Timor since 2023, previously serving in that position from 2007 to 2015. A former rebel, he also served as East Timor's first president since its re-establishment of independence from 2002 to 2007.