2002 East Timorese presidential election

none October 2015 June 2026 East Timor Flag of the United Nations.svg presidential 2007 East Timorese presidential election 2007 14 April 2002 Xanana 2011 (cropped).jpg Xanana Gusmão Independent politician 301,634 82.69% Francisco Xavier do Amaral.jpg Francisco Xavier do Amaral Timorese Social Democratic Association 63,146 17.31% President Sérgio Vieira de Mello(As East Timor UN Transitional Administrator) Independent politician Xanana Gusmão Independent politician 2002 East Timorese presidential election - Results by municipality.svg Results by municipality Presidential elections were held in East Timor for the first time on 14 April 2002 under UN administration.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1765674.stm UN sets East Timor election date BBC News 17 January 2002 1 July 2007 As expected, the former president of the East Timorese resistance movement, Conselho Nacional da Resistencia Timorense, Xanana Gusmão, running as an independent candidate but with the unofficial support of small opposition parties like the Democratic Party, won a large majority.https://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/1930828.stm East Timor has elected its first president, paving the way for it to become the world's newest country on 20 May BBC News 19 April 2002 1 July 2007 5 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190705104641/http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/1930828.stm dead The election free and fair.Smith Anthony L 2004 East Timor: Elections in the World's Newest Nation https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2004.0036 Journal of Democracy 15 2 145–159 10.1353/jod.2004.0036 1086-3214 subscription Gusmão only had one challenger, former FRETILIN president Francisco Xavier do Amaral, who had been sworn in as president when East Timor declared independence on 28 November 1975, though his term was short-lived as Indonesia invaded on 5 December. Do Amaral, now head of a new party, the ASDT, had admitted that he fully expected to lose to Gusmão, but felt that running was symbolically important, demonstrating the strength of East Timor's democracy by ensuring that Gusmão had competition in the race. Results Xanana Gusmão Independent 301634 Francisco Xavier do Amaral Timorese Social Democratic Association 63146 13768 446256 IFES References Category:Presidential elections in Timor-Leste Presidential East Timor