Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975)
Democratic Republic of East Timor
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| 1975—1976 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Pátria (Portuguese) "Fatherland" | |||||||||
East Timor in South East Asia | |||||||||
| Status | Partially recognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Dili 8°33′S 125°34′E / 8.55°S 125.56°E | ||||||||
| Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Government | One-party quasi-state (until Nov 1975) Democratic republic | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1975 | Francisco Xavier do Amaral | ||||||||
• 1975 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1975 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato | ||||||||
| Legislature | Council of Ministers | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| 20 August 1975 | |||||||||
| 28 November 1975 | |||||||||
| 7 December 1975 | |||||||||
| Currency | Escudo | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | TL | ||||||||
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| History of Timor-Leste |
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The Democratic Republic of East Timor (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika de Timór-Lorosa'e), or simply East Timor or Timor-Leste (Portuguese: Timor-Leste, Tetum: Timór-Lorosa'e) was a state that was unilaterally proclaimed on the territory of present-day Timor-Leste on 28 November 1975 by Fretilin prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor nine days later on 7 December 1975.
Its sovereignty was recognised by a small number of states, before it was invaded and subsequently annexed by Indonesia on 17 July 1976. Following continued resistance and growing international pressure, Timor-Leste became independent on 20 May 2002.