Chief of Defence Force (East Timor)
| Chief of the Defence Forces | |
|---|---|
| Chefe Estado Maior General Forças Armadas | |
 Flag of the Timor Leste Defence Force | |
 | |
| Ministry for Defence and Security | |
| Member of | Timor Leste Defence Force |
| Reports to | Minister for Defence and Security |
| Residence | Dili, Democratic Republic of East Timor |
| Formation | 20 May, 2002 |
| First holder | Taur Matan Ruak |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief of the Defence Force |
The Chief of the Defence Forces (Portuguese: Chefe Estado Maior General Forças Armadas) is the head of the Timor Leste Defence Force. They are responsible for the administration and the operational control of the East Timor military. The current chief is Falur Rate Laek, succeeding Lere Anan Timur.[1]
| Commander of Falintil | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Photo | Name | Start Date | End Date | Ref | ||
| 1 | Rogério Lobato | 20 Aug 1975 | |||||
| 2 | Fernando do Carmo | 7 Dec 1975 | |||||
| 3 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato | May 1976 | 31 Dec 1978 | [2] | |||
| 4 | 100px | Xanana Gusmão | 1981 | 20 Nov 1992 | |||
| 5 | Ma'huno Bulerek Karathayano | 1992 | 5 April 1993 | ||||
| 6 | Nino Konis Santana | April 1993 | 11 Mar 1998 | ||||
| 7 | 100px | Taur Matan Ruak | 1998 | 1 Feb 2001 | |||
List
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major general Taur Matan Ruak (born 1956) | 20 May 2002 | 1 September 2011 | 9 years, 104 days | [3] | |
| 2 | Lieutenant general Lere Anan Timur (born 1952) | 6 October 2011 | 28 January 2022 | 10 years, 114 days | [4] | |
| 3 | Lieutenant general Falur Rate Laek (born 1955) | 28 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 305 days | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of January 21st, 2022". timor-leste.gov.tl. Government of Timor-Leste. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Merangkap Presiden Timor Leste
- ^ "TAUR MATAN RUAK". timor-leste.gov.tl. Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "New Major-General of the F-FDTL takes office". timor-leste.gov.tl. Government of Timor-Leste. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of January 21st, 2022". timor-leste.gov.tl. Government of Timor-Leste. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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