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Carrascalão
Carrascalão (sometimes Carrascalao) is a surname of Portuguese origin for several personalities of Timor Leste / Indonesia, mainly politicians: * Manuel Carrascalão or Manuel Viegas Carrascalão (1933-2009), Indonesian parliamentarian and independence leader * João Carrascalão or João Viegas Carrascalão (1945-2012), founder president of the UDT who lived in exile, Minister of Infrastructure with the UNTAET (1999-2000) candidate in 2007 and later ambassador of East Timor to South Korea * Mário Viegas Carrascalão, his brother, also politician of UDT but sided the Indonesian occupation as governor of Timor Timur between 1982 or 1987 and 1992, and founder of the PSD in 2000 * José Manuel Carrascalão, Vice-Minister of Infrastructure in the first government of Xanana Gusmão (2007-2012) * Natália Carrascalão, chief-of-staff of Timorese president José Ramos-Horta during the 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts * Rosa Horta Carrascalão, wife of João Viegas Carrascalão ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Viegas Carrascalão
Mário Viegas Carrascalão (May 12, 1937 – May 19, 2017) was an East Timorese politician and diplomat. Carrascalão, a founder of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) in 1974 and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2000, served as the governor of East Timor from 1981 to 1992 during the Indonesian occupation of the country. However, he re-joined the East Timorese government following the 1999 independence referendum and the transition to independence. He later served as a deputy prime minister within the IV Constitutional Government of then-Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão from 2009 to 2010. Biography Early life and education Carrascalão was born in Venilale, Baucau District, Portuguese Timor, on May 12, 1937. He attended elementary school and Colegio-Liceu Dr. Vieira Machado in Dili. He then went to Portugal to finish high school at Liceu Camões in Lisbon and attend college. He graduated from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia in Lisbon in 1967 and the Technical Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Carrascalão
Manuel Guterres Viegas Carrascalão (Atauro, 16 December 1933 – Dili, 11 July 2009) was an Indonesian parliamentarian and prominent East Timorese independence leader. The Carrascalão family is of mestiço ancestry; On 22 May 1952, at the age of 18, he was made Knight of the Order of Entrepreneurial Merit. He became one of the prominent figures in the popular self-determination consultation in 1999, to the point that his house was attacked by the Aitarack militias, under the command of Eurico Guterres, an opponent of Maubere independence. Twelve of the members killed during the massacre at his house were exhumed by the UNTAET Crime Scene Detachment in early 2000, in Maubara. Along with the Liquica Church Massacre, the attack at Manuel Carrascalão's house was of the "ten priority investigations" of the Serious Crimes Unit. During the attack at his residence in Lecidere, Dili, on 17 April 1999, his son Manelito Carrascalão, age 17, and a hundred other refugees, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timorese Democratic Union
The Timorese Democratic Union (, UDT) is a conservative political party in Timor-Leste. It was the first party to be established in the country on May 11, 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. History Early history (1974–1975) The UDT originally advocated continued links with Portugal instead of complete independence, using the Tetum slogan ''Mate Bandeira Hun'', meaning 'Death in the shadow of the flag', but later formed an alliance with the more left-wing Frente Revolucionaria de Timor-Leste Independente (Fretilin) to work towards gradual independence in January 1975. Initially, the party's programme consisted of democracy, human rights, self-determination and income redistribution. The founders of the party included the brothers Mário, Manuel and João Carrascalão, Domingos de Oliveira (the first General Secretary), Francisco Lopes da Cruz and César Augusto Mousinho (then Mayor of Dili and Vice President of the UDT). Mário Carrascalão was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natália Carrascalão
Maria Natália Guterres Viegas Carrascalão da Conceição Antunes (born ) is a former Portuguese politician, and is currently an East Timorese diplomat. In 2020, she has been the East Timorese Ambassador to Singapore, a post held since 2024 by Alex Tilman. Earlier, from 1999 to 2009, she was a Social Democratic Party (PSD) member of the Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral parliament of Portugal. Between 2009 and 2014, she was the East Timorese Ambassador to Portugal, and was also accredited to Spain and Cape Verde. From 2016 until 2020, she was East Timorese Ambassador to Laos. Carrascalão is one of the 14 children born to Portuguese exile Manuel Viegas Carrascalão Manuel Viegas Carrascalão (24 October 1901 – 24 October 1977) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese journalist and trade union leader. Biography Manuel Viegas Carrascalão was born on 24 October 1901 to Manuel Viegas Carrascalão and Maria Faus ... and his Timorese wife Marcelina Guterres; several o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (East Timor)
The Social Democratic Party (''Partido Social Democrata'') is an East Timorese party founded on 20 September 2000. Despite its name, the party, like its Portuguese model, is usually categorised as centre-right in the political spectrum (conservative, Christian democratic). It describes itself as being in the middle between left and right (centrist). The aim of the party's founders was to offer voters a moderate alternative to Fretilin and UDT. In 2002, the party had 8,000 members. Since then, the PSD has lost its importance. The PSD did not contest the 2023 parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste. The PSD was one of five parties in the Alliance of the Parliamentary Majority (AMP) coalition in Timor-Leste's national parliament, which formed the government between 2007 and 2012. General When the party was founded at the headquarters of the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRT), Xanana Gusmão was the speaker, which is why the party was said to be close to the first pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Cid
José Albano Cid de Ferreira Tavares (born 4 February 1942) is a Portuguese singer, composer and record producer. Internationally, Cid is best known for his 1978 progressive rock album'' 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte'' and for representing Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song " Um grande, grande amor". With a career spanning more than 60 years, Cid has been awarded 25 Silver, eight Gold and three Platinum records in Portugal. In 2019, Cid received a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the second Portuguese singer, after Carlos do Carmo, to receive the honour. Early life Cid was born in 1942 in Chamusca, son of Francisco Albano Coutinho Ferreira and Fernanda Tavares Salter Cid Ferreira Gameiro. At age 6, he moved with his family to the municipality of Anadia. His professional career began when he started a covers band called ''Os Babies'' ("The Babies"), in 1956. In 1960, Cid began Law School at the University of Coimbra (FDUC). Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Viegas Carrascalão
João Viegas Carrascalão (11 August 1945 – 18 February 2012; Dili, East Timor) was an East Timorese politician. He was one of the candidates in the April 2007 presidential election in East Timor. He studied topography and surveying in Luanda and specialized in cartography in Switzerland. He was president of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT), which he also co-founded. He supervised the August 11, 1975, coup which eventually started the civil war. The latter forced the governor, Mario Lemos Pires, to flee as well as the Portuguese contingent stationed on the nearing island of Ataúro. Consequently, Carrascalão moved to Australia and resided there throughout the Indonesian occupation. He integrated the leading agencies of the CNRT. He moved back when East Timor's independence was finally given. In the 2007 presidential election, he took eighth and last place with 1.72% of the vote. He later served as East Timor's ambassador to South Korea from 2009 until his death in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 East Timorese Assassination Attempts
Rebel soldiers of the Timor Leste Defence Force invaded the homes of the President and Prime Minister of East Timor on 11 February 2008, leading to the shooting and serious wounding of President José Ramos-Horta and the shooting up of the car of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão. Two rebel soldiers, including leader Alfredo Reinado, were shot dead by presidential security forces. Reinado had deserted the military in 2006 along with 600 others after complaining of regional discrimination in promotions, sparking the 2006 East Timorese crisis. The attacks have been variously interpreted as attempted assassinations, attempted kidnappings and an attempted coup d'état. The rebels' intentions remain unknown. After being hospitalised in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, for more than a month, Ramos-Horta was discharged from hospital on 19 March but remained in Darwin until April for continued treatment. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timor Timur
East Timor () was a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia between 1976 and 1999, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Indonesian occupation of the country. Its territory corresponded to the previous Portuguese Timor and to the present-day independent country of Timor-Leste. From 1702 to 1975, East Timor was an Portuguese Empire, overseas territory of Portugal, called "Portuguese Timor". In 1974, Portugal initiated a gradual decolonisation process of its remaining overseas territories, including Portuguese Timor. During the process, a civil conflict between the different Timorese parties erupted. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and formally Indonesian occupation of East Timor, annexed the territory in 1976, declaring it Indonesia's 27th province and renaming it "Timor Timur". The United Nations, however, United Nations Security Council Resolution 384, declared this occupation illegal, continuing to consider Portugal as the legitimate administering power of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsae FC
Boavista Futebol Clube Timor Leste or Boavista Timor Leste also abbreviated as BFC-TL, were a football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team played in the Liga Futebol Amadora and won 1 Primeira Divisão league title and 1 LFA Super Taça. History Kumpulan Anak Remaja Lorosae Originally the club formed in 1986 when Pedro Carrascalão was a high school student during the period when East Timor was still under Indonesian occupation. But he closed it just after the incident at Santa Cruz, which refer to as the 12 November massacre. Originally the name of the club was based on a cultural expression, Kumpulan Anak Remaja Lorosae, which in Indonesian means the ''youth from where the sun rises''. But he had trouble when he used that name as some of players were active in the clandestine movement and were being chased by Indonesian intelligence forces, so he decided to simplify things and base the new name off an abbreviation of my surname. His father was working as a governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesian Occupation Of East Timor
The Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in December 1975 and lasted until October 1999. After centuries of Portuguese Timor, Portuguese colonial rule in East Timor, the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal led to the decolonisation of its former colonies, creating instability in East Timor and leaving its future uncertain. After a East Timorese civil war, small-scale civil war, the pro-independence Fretilin declared victory in the capital city of Dili and declared an Democratic Republic of East Timor (1975), independent East Timor on 28 November 1975. Following the "Balibo Declaration" that was signed by representatives of Apodeti, Timorese Democratic Union, UDT, Association of Timorese Heroes, KOTA and the Trabalhista Party on 30 November 1975, Indonesian military forces invaded East Timor on 7 December 1975, and by 1979 they had all but destroyed the armed resistance to the occupation. On 17 July 1976, Indonesia formally annexed East Timor as its 27th province and dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of East Timor
The political system in Timor-Leste is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste is the head of government and the President of Timor-Leste functions as head of state. Timor-Leste has a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal, with lesser power given to the president. The country is still in the process of building its administration and governmental institutions. Executive branch The head of state of the East Timorese republic is the President, who is directly elected by popular vote for a five-year term, and whose executive powers are somewhat limited by the constitution, the president is able to veto legislation, however this action can be overridden by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
