Back at the helm: Gusmao delivering a speech during his inauguration in Dili. — AP
The first democratically elected head of state, Xanana Gusmao, returned to power eight years after he resigned as prime minister of South-East Asia’s youngest democracy.
The 77-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.
