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Former East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao has been sworn in as prime minister of Asia's youngest country after his party won the.

In his congratulatory letter to the new Indonesian President, the Prime Minister acknowledges the “landslide victory in the elections”, which “.

Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão attended the swearing-in ceremony of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto.

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao - who led the nation to independence from Indonesia in - has submitted his resignation letter.

In his congratulatory letter to the new Indonesian President, the Prime Minister acknowledges the “landslide victory in the elections”, which “..

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imor Leste's first democratically elected head of state, Xanana Gusmao, returned to power on Saturday, eight years after he resigned as prime minister of Southeast Asia's youngest democracy.

The year-old independence icon was credited with unifying the country during his first two stints in office, after the bloody guerilla fight against Indonesian occupation.

Xanana's party, the opposition National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), won May's election in a landslide, defeating the incumbent coalition led by resistance movement turned political party Fretilin.

Gusmao was chosen as premier again after CNRT allied with the Democratic Party to gain a majority in parliament.

The son of teachers of Portuguese-Timorese descent, Gusmao grew up in what was then a Portuguese colony.

He joined the Revolutionary Front for an Independent Timor Leste (Fretilin) in , fighting for independence first from Portugal and then Indonesia.