Military ranks of Timor-Leste

The Military ranks of Timor-Leste are the military insignia used by the Timor Leste Defence Force.^[1] Being a former colony of Portugal, Timor-Leste shares a rank structure similar to that of Portuguese Armed Forces.

Grumete in the NRTL Kamenassa

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Timor-Leste Army[2] v t e
			General		Tenente-general		Major-general		Brigadeiro-general		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Tetum			Jenerál		Tenente Jenerál		Maijór Jenerál		Brigadeiru Jenerál		Koronel		Tenente Koronel		Maijór		-		Tenente			-
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Timor-Leste Navy[3] v t e
											Capitão de Mar e Guerra		Capitão de Fragata		Capitão-tenente		Primeiro-tenente		Segundo-tenente			Guarda-marinha

Student officer ranks

Rank group	Student officer
Timor-Leste Navy[3]
	Aspirante

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Timor-Leste Army[2] v t e
	Sargento-mor						Sargento-chefe		Sargento-ajudante		Primeiro-sargento						Segundo-sargento		Furriel		Segundo-furriel						Cabo-adjunto		Primeiro-cabo			Segundo-cabo			Soldado
Tetum	Sarjentu-mor						Sarjentu-xefe		Sarjentu-adjuntu		Primeiru-sarjentu						Segundu-sarjentu		Furriel-		Segundu-furriel						Kabu-adjuntu		Primeiru-kabu			Segundu-kabu			Soldadu
Timor-Leste Navy[3] v t e																																			Trade insignia in red on a black backing
	Sargento-mor						Sargento-chefe		Sargento-ajudante		Primeiro-sargento						Segundo-sargento		Primerio-subsargento		Segundo-subsargento		Cabo				Primeiro-marinheiro		Segundo-marinheiro						Grumete

Gallery

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  Major-general Lere Anan Timor (2017)
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  Major-general Lere Anan Timor (2020)
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  Brigadeiro-general Filomeno da Paixão, Vice Chief of Defence Force, aboard a visiting US warship.
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  Brigadeiro-general Filomeno Paixão (2014)
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  Coronel José da Costa Soares [de] Trix (2017)
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  Coronel Falur Rate Laek [de] and Primeiro-tenente of the Naval component (2014)
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  Tenente-Coronel Marcelino Ximenes Rizai (2019)
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  Segundo-sargento of the naval component.
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  Personnel of the naval component (2014)
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  Personnel of the naval component (2012)
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  Soldier fixes a sink