Rui Maria de Araújo

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rui Maria de Araújo

| image = Prime Minister of Timor Leste, Rui Maria de Araújo.jpg

| office = 7th Prime Minister of East Timor

| president = Taur Matan Ruak
Francisco Guterres

| term_start = 16 February 2015

| term_end = 15 September 2017

| predecessor = Xanana Gusmão

| successor = Mari Alkatiri

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|5|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mape, Portuguese Timor

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Fretilin

| spouse = Teresa António Madeira Soares

| children = 2

| alma_mater = Udayana University
University of Otago
Satya Wacana Christian University
Sultan Agung Islamic University

| signature = Rui Maria de Araújo Signature.svg

| termstart2 = 20 September 2001

| termend2 = 8 August 2007

| office1 = Minister of Health

| termend1 = 22 June 2018

| termstart1 = 15 September 2017

| primeminister1 = Mari Alkatiri

}}

Rui Maria de Araújo (born 21 May 1964) is an East Timorese politician who served as its prime minister from 2015 to 2017. He is a physician and member of Fretilin.

He was Minister of Health from 2001 to 2006 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007.

Araújo was inaugurated as Prime Minister of East Timor on 16 February 2015.Sapo Notícias (Lusa): [http://noticias.sapo.tl/portugues/info/artigo/1431311.html Novo PM "sereno, calmo e otimista" no dia da tomada de posse, 16. Februar 2015], retrieved, 16 February 2015. He was replaced in 2017 by Mari Alkatiri.

Personal life

Araújo was born in the village of Mape, Cova Lima, on 21 May 1964. He is married to Teresa António Madeira Soares and is the father of two children.Sapo Notícias (Lusa): [http://noticias.sapo.tl/portugues/info/artigo/1430668.html O estafeta que tratou a guerrilha e agora chefia o governo de Díli], retrieved, 13 February 2015.

Araújo received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, Sultan Agung Islamic University in Semarang, Indonesia. He did training in otolaryngology (ear nose throat speciality and head and neck surgery) at the Medical Faculty of Udayana University in Bali, Indonesia. He has a Masters in Public Health from his studies at Otago University in New Zealand.University of Otago Magazine, Issue 4, 2003, p12: [http://www.otago.ac.nz/otagomagazine/otago004401.pdf] retrieved 2. February 2017 He had also studied English literature at Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga, Indonesia for one year before shifting to medicine.{{cite news |title=Discourse: Indonesia,Timor Leste have developed a mature relationship: PM |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/31/discourse-indonesiatimor-leste-have-developed-a-mature-relationship-pm.html |access-date=6 July 2023 |work=The Jakarta Post |date=31 August 2015 |language=en}}

Rui Maria de Araújo

Personal life

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