The following lists events that happened during
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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
Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, 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
Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in ...
.
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.
References
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