Lere Anan Timur is a Timorese general who has served as Commander of the F-FDTL from 6 October 2011 to 28 January 2022.

He was born in an aristocratic family in Iliomar II at Lautem, and is the eldest of six siblings.

He also studied agriculture with the help of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1969–1973, and served the Portuguese Army in 1974, before returning to East Timor in 1975.

He then serves as the Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL, and was promoted to Colonel by Taur Matan Ruak.

He became Deputy Commander of the Timor-Leste Defence Force in 2009, and was promoted to Brigadier General, until he was appointed as the Commander of the Timor Leste Defence Force on 6 October 2011.