Military ranks of Timor-Leste
The Military ranks of Timor-Leste are the military insignia used by the Timor-Leste Defence Force.[1] Being a former colony of Portugal, Timor-Leste shares a rank structure similar to that of Portuguese Armed Forces.
Commissioned officer ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timor-Leste Army[2] |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 | ||
| Tenente-general | Major-general | Brigadeiro-general | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes | |||
| Tetum | Tenente Jenerál | Maijór Jenerál | Brigadeiru Jenerál | Koronel | Tenente Koronel | Maijór | - | Tenente | - | ||
| Timor-Leste Navy[2] |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 | ||||
| Comodoro | Capitão de Mar e Guerra | Capitão de Fragata | Capitão-tenente | Primeiro-tenente | Segundo-tenente | Guarda-marinha | |||||
| Timor-Leste Air Component[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
| Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes |
Student officer ranks
[edit]| Rank group | Student officer |
|---|---|
| Timor-Leste Navy[3] |
 |
| Aspirante |
Other ranks
[edit]The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste Army[2] |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 | ||
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Primeiro-cabo | Soldado | |||
| Tetum | Sarjentu-mor | Sarjentu-xefe | Sarjentu-adjuntu | Primeiru-sarjentu | Segundu-sarjentu | Primeiru-kabu | Soldadu | ||
| Timor-Leste Navy[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Trade insignia in red on a black backing | ||
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Primeiro-cabo | Grumete | |||
| Timor-Leste Air Component[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Primeiro-cabo | Soldado |
Former ranks
[edit]| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste Army[4] |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
| |
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Furriel | Segundo-furriel | Cabo-adjunto | Primeiro-cabo | Segundo-cabo | Soldado | ||
| Timor-Leste Navy[3] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
Trade insignia in red on a black backing | |
| Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Primerio-subsargento | Segundo-subsargento | Cabo | Primeiro-marinheiro | Segundo-marinheiro | Grumete |
Gallery
[edit]
Major-general Lere Anan Timor (2017)
Major-general Lere Anan Timor (2020)
Brigadeiro-general Filomeno da Paixão, Vice Chief of Defence Force, aboard a visiting US warship (2011).
Brigadeiro-general Filomeno Paixão (2014)![Coronel José da Costa Soares [de] Trix (2017)](./?mortyurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fd%2Fd7%2F2020-03-03_Jos%25C3%25A9_da_Costa_Soares_Trix.jpg%2F120px-2020-03-03_Jos%25C3%25A9_da_Costa_Soares_Trix.jpg%3Futm_source%3Den.wikipedia.org%26utm_campaign%3Dparser%26utm_content%3Dthumbnail)
Coronel José da Costa Soares Trix (2017)
Tenente-Coronel Marcelino Ximenes Rizai (2019)
Segundo-sargento of the naval component (2009).
Personnel of the naval component (2014)
Personnel of the naval component (2012)
Soldier fixes a sink
![Coronel José da Costa Soares [de] Trix (2017)](./?mortyurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3A2020-03-03_Jos%25C3%25A9_da_Costa_Soares_Trix.jpg)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Decree Law no 18. "Regime of Military Ranks"" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2007.[dead link]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Postos das FALINTIL-FDTL" [Ranks of the FALINTIL-FDTL]. Revista Componente Terrestre (in Tetum). No. IV. December 2025. p. 3. Archived from the original on 10 December 2025.
- ↑ "Army ranks". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008.