Win or quit for East Timor's Ramos Horta

East Timor's Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta says he'll quit politics if he loses next week's presidential elections.

The Nobel peace prize laureate hopes to switch jobs and is one of eight candidates vying to replace independence fighter Xanana Gusmao as East Timor's President in the Easter Monday poll.

Ramos Horta says he's relaxed about the election - the first since East Timor was granted independence from Indonesia in 2002 after a decade-long struggle. "If I win the election, I win. If I lose, I win my freedom," he said.