2022 in Timor-Leste
overview of East Timor-related events during the year of 2022

Events in the year 2022 in Timor-Leste.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Timor-Leste
March 19 – 2022 East Timorese presidential election: Timorese are called to the polls to choose the country's president.
March 20 – Preliminary results show that former president José Ramos-Horta is ahead of the incumbent Francisco Guterres in the presidential election.
April 19 – The East Timorese people vote in the second round of the presidential election between José Ramos-Horta and incumbent Francisco Guterres.
April 20 – Former president José Ramos-Horta defeats incumbent president Francisco Guterres to become the next President of Timor-Leste.
Deaths
3 January – Silvino Adolfo Morais, 65, politician.
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