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| Timor-Leste voters choose former guerilla fighter as president | Timor-Leste voters choose former guerilla fighter as president |
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| Official election results have named a former guerrilla fighter who became Timor-Leste's army chief as the nation's new president, largely a ceremonial post. | Official election results have named a former guerrilla fighter who became Timor-Leste's army chief as the nation's new president, largely a ceremonial post. |
| The country's supreme court of appeal, which has to vet election results, announced on Monday that Taur Matan Ruak had won the 16 April runoff. | The country's supreme court of appeal, which has to vet election results, announced on Monday that Taur Matan Ruak had won the 16 April runoff. |
| The court chief Claudio Ximenes said Ruak had won 61% of the vote, defeating his rival Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres. | The court chief Claudio Ximenes said Ruak had won 61% of the vote, defeating his rival Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres. |
| Ruak's real name is José Maria Vasconcelos but he is known by his nom de guerre. He will take office on 20 May, replacing the Nobel peace prize laureate José Ramos-Horta, who lost in the first round of voting. | Ruak's real name is José Maria Vasconcelos but he is known by his nom de guerre. He will take office on 20 May, replacing the Nobel peace prize laureate José Ramos-Horta, who lost in the first round of voting. |
| Timor-Leste, previously known as East Timor, voted overwhelmingly in 1999 to end 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation that had left more than 170,000 people dead. | Timor-Leste, previously known as East Timor, voted overwhelmingly in 1999 to end 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation that had left more than 170,000 people dead. |
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