Claudio de Jesus Ximenes

Cláudio de Jesus Ximenes, (b. in Ermera, in the west part of East Timor) is the President of the Court of Appeal of East Timor, first appointed in 2003.

Ximenes was recently reappointed to a third term as Judge and President of the Court of Appeal, the highest judicial authority in the country, analogous to the United States' Supreme Court. He is also the President of the Superior Council for the Judiciary.