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Rui Maria de Araújo

His Excellency
Rui Maria de Araújo
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Prime Minister of East Timor
Assumed office
16 February 2015
President Taur Matan Ruak
Preceded by Xanana Gusmão
Personal details
Born (1964-05-21) 21 May 1964 (age 52)
Mape, Timor
(now East Timor)
Political party Revolutionary Front for an
Independent East Timor
Alma mater Udayana University
University of Otago
Satya Wacana Christian University
Religion Roman Catholic

Rui Maria de Araújo (born 21 May 1964) is the Prime Minister of Timor Leste, a position he has held since 2015. He is a physician and member of FRETILIN.

He was Minister of Health from 2001 to 2006 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007.

Araújo was inaugurated as Prime Minister of East Timor on 16 February 2015.

Araújo was born in the village of Mape, Cova Lima, on 21 May 1964. He is married to Teresa António Madeira Soares and is the father of two children.

Araújo received his medical degree from the Sultan Agung Islamic University Faculty of Medicine in Indonesia. He did training in otolaryngology (ear nose throat speciality and head and neck surgery) at the Medical Faculty of Udayana University. He has a Masters in Public Health from his studies at Otago University in New Zealand.


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