title: 2008 in East Timor
text: # 2008 in East Timor
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2008 in East Timor.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: José Ramos-Horta
  * Prime Minister: Xanana Gusmão
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * January 17 - President José Ramos-Horta urges Timorese to forgive and pray for former Indonesian president Suharto, who ordered the invasion of East Timor in 1975.
  * January 25 - Monsoon storms have caused serious damage to homes and crops across East Timor, relief authorities say.
  * January 30 - A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Maluku, Indonesia, and triggers a tsunami alert, which is later lifted. The epicenter was on the sea bed about 160 miles northeast of Dili.
  
  ### February
  
  * February 4 - The United Nations has transferred authority to East Timorese police at three posts in Dili.
  * February 11 - East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is shot and seriously wounded in an attack at his home. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado, who led the attack, is killed. Gunman also attack a motorcade of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, but there are no injuries.
  