2002 East Timorese presidential election information
2002 East Timorese presidential election
14 April 2002
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Candidate
Xanana Gusmão
Francisco Xavier do Amaral
Party
Independent
ASDT
Popular vote
301,634
63,146
Percentage
82.69%
17.31%
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Sérgio Vieira de Mello (As East Timor UN Transitional Administrator)
Independent
Elected President
Xanana Gusmão
Independent
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Presidential elections were held in East Timor for the first time on 14 April 2002 under UN administration.[1] As expected, the former president of the East Timorese resistance movement, Conselho Nacional da Resistencia Timorense, Xanana Gusmão, running as an independent candidate but with the unofficial support of small opposition parties like the Democratic Party, won a large majority.[2]
Gusmão only had one challenger, former FRETILIN president Francisco Xavier do Amaral, who had been sworn in as president when East Timor declared independence on 28 November 1975, though his term was short-lived as Indonesia invaded on 5 December. Do Amaral, now head of a new party, the ASDT, had admitted that he fully expected to lose to Gusmão, but felt that running was symbolically important, demonstrating the strength of East Timor's democracy by ensuring that Gusmão had competition in the race.
^"UN sets East Timor election date". BBC News. 17 January 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
^"East Timor has elected its first president, paving the way for it to become the world's newest country on 20 May". BBC News. 19 April 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
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