2022 in Timor-Leste

Events in the year 2022 in Timor-Leste.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2022 History of Timor-Leste Timeline

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	President of Timor-Leste	José Ramos-Horta
	Prime Minister of Timor-Leste	Taur Matan Ruak

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Timor-Leste

• March 19 – 2022 East Timorese presidential election: Timorese are called to the polls to choose the country's president.^[1]
• March 20 – Preliminary results show that former president José Ramos-Horta is ahead of the incumbent Francisco Guterres in the presidential election.^[2]
• April 19 – The East Timorese people vote in the second round of the presidential election between José Ramos-Horta and incumbent Francisco Guterres.^[3]
• April 20 – Former president José Ramos-Horta defeats incumbent president Francisco Guterres to become the next President of Timor-Leste.^[4]

Deaths

• 3 January – Silvino Adolfo Morais, 65, politician.