Government of Timor-Leste

Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Eighth Constitutional Government

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Press Release

Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of January 21st, 2022

The Council of Ministers met, at the Government Palace, in Dili, and decided to propose to the President of the Republic:

• the dismissal of Lieutenant General Lere Anan Timur from his post as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces;

• the dismissal of Major General Falur Rate Laek from his post as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces;

• the appointment of Major General Falur Rate Laek as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces;

• the appointment of Brigadier-General Calisto dos Santos Coli (Coliati) as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; and

• maintain the appointment of Commodore Pedro Klamar Fuik as Chief  of Staff of the Armed Forces. END