Vicente Guterres

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Vicente Guterres
President of East Timor
Acting
In office 11 February 2008 – 13 February 2008
Prime Minister	Xanana Gusmão
Preceded by	José Ramos-Horta
Succeeded by	Fernando de Araújo (Acting)
President of the National Parliament
In office 30 July 2012 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Fernando de Araújo
Succeeded by	Adérito Hugo da Costa  [de]
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-22) 22 January 1956 (age 69) Baguia, Portuguese Timor
Political party	CNRT
Spouse	Maria Goretti Guterres Marques
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Vicente da Silva Guterres (born 22 January 1956 in Baguia, Portuguese Timor) is a politician from East Timor, a member of the National Parliament of East Timor and its vice-president since 2007.^[1]

In the June 2007 parliamentary election, Guterres was elected to the National Parliament as the second name on the candidate list of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), a party led by Xanana Gusmão.^[2]

He was elected president of the National Parliament without opposition in July 2012.^[3]

He became acting president of East Timor after President José Ramos-Horta was injured in an attack on his home on 11 February 2008. As acting president, he proclaimed a two-day state of emergency on 12 February.^[4] After his return from Portugal, the president of National Parliament, Fernando de Araújo, took over presidency on 13 February.^[5] During his time in office, he fought for greater efforts to combat poverty. According to OECD and WBG living standards in the country ranged from decent to below average.^[6]

In 2017, he received the Order of Timor-Leste.^[7]

• Politics of East Timor