Election in E. Timor

Election in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Election officials count votes in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on July 7, 2012, after polls closed. A parliamentary election held the same day was seen as a close contest between the center-left National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) party of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and the left-wing Fretilin party of former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri.

E. Timor legislative election begins

E. Timor legislative election begins

DILI, East Timor - Mari Alkatiri, former prime minister and secretary general of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin), casts his vote during the country's parliamentary elections in Dili on June 30.

E. Timor's Prime Minister Alkatiri meets Koizumi

E. Timor's Prime Minister Alkatiri meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ahead of their talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23.

TIMOR-LESTE-DILI-RULING PARTY-CHIEF-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

TIMOR-LESTE-DILI-RULING PARTY-CHIEF-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220604) -- DILI, June 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Timor-Leste's ruling Revolutionary Front for an Independent Timor-Leste (Fretilin) general secretary Mari Alkatiri in Dili, Timor-Leste, June 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

E. Timor's Prime Minister Alkatiri meets Koizumi

E. Timor's Prime Minister Alkatiri meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ahead of their talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23. (Kyodo)

E. Timor legislative election begins

E. Timor legislative election begins

DILI, East Timor - Mari Alkatiri, former prime minister and secretary general of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin), casts his vote during the country's parliamentary elections in Dili on June 30. (Kyodo)

E. Timor's bid to join ASEAN hinges on Singapore, Myanmar: PM

E. Timor's bid to join ASEAN hinges on Singapore, Myanmar: PM

East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri gives an interview to Kyodo News in Dili on Oct. 26, 2017. Alkatiri said East Timor is "doing our best" to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but ASEAN members Myanmar and Singapore are still withholding their support. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-prime minister declares E. Timor parliamentary election victory

Ex-prime minister declares E. Timor parliamentary election victory

Former East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri declares parliamentary election victory in Dili on July 23, 2017, for the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, better known as Fretilin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo