Ana Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pinto (born January 5, 1956) is an East Timorese politician, who is currently serving as a prosecutor general of

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

(since 27 March 2009) and former Minister for State and Internal Administration during the Alkatiri-lead

Fretilin The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( pt, Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor. They presently hold 23 of 65 seats in the National Parliame ...

government from 2002 - 2007. She is a member of the Fretilin Central Committee. During the

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), ( pt, Administração Transitória das Nações Unidas em Timor Leste), was a United Nations mission in East Timor that aimed to solve the decades long East Timorese cri ...

(UNTAET) from 1999 to 2002, Pessoa was the Cabinet Member for the Interior before being appointed as the Justice Minister in the East Timor Transitional Administration (ETTA).

Personal life

More commonly known as Ana Pessoa, she was elected to the

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in the 2007 legislative elections. Her family originates from the western town of

Maliana Maliana is a city in East Timor, 149 kilometers southwest of Dili, the national capital. It has a population of 22,000. It is the capital of the Districts of East Timor, district of Bobonaro District, Bobonaro and Maliana Subdistrict, and is ...

. A lawyer by training, she held a judicial position in

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during the years of exile. She is the former wife of

José Ramos-Horta José Manuel Ramos-Horta (; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician currently serving as president of East Timor since May 2022. He previously served as president from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Minister of Fore ...

, the current president. They have a son, Loro.

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1956 births Living people Members of the National Parliament (East Timor) People from Bobonaro District Fretilin politicians 20th-century women politicians 21st-century women politicians Government ministers of East Timor Women government ministers of East Timor Female justice ministers {{EastTimor-politician-stub