2008 in Timor-Leste

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Timor-Leste.

← 2007 2006 2005 2008 in Timor-Leste → 2009 2010 2011
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2008 History of Timor-Leste Timeline

Incumbents

• President: José Ramos-Horta
• Prime Minister: Xanana Gusmão

Events

January

• January 17 - President José Ramos-Horta urges Timorese to forgive and pray for former Indonesian president Suharto, who ordered the invasion of East Timor in 1975.^[1]
• January 25 - Monsoon storms have caused serious damage to homes and crops across Timor-Leste, relief authorities say.^[2]
• January 30 - A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Maluku, Indonesia, and triggers a tsunami alert, which is later lifted. The epicenter was on the sea bed about 160 miles northeast of Dili.^[3]

February

• February 4 - The United Nations has transferred authority to East Timorese police at three posts in Dili.^[4]
• February 11 - East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is shot and seriously wounded in an attack at his home. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado, who led the attack, is killed. Gunman also attack a motorcade of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, but there are no injuries.^[5]