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Minister Of Foreign Affairs And Cooperation (Timor-Leste)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (, ) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Timor-Leste), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Functions Under the Constitution of Timor-Leste, the Minister has the power and the duty: Where the Minister is in charge of the subject matter of a government statute, the Minister is also required, together with the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Prime Minister, to sign the statute. History In the 1975 Council of Ministers of East Timor, 1975 Council of Ministers, and also in the I UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor, I UNTAET Transitional Government (2000–2001), the title of the Minister was "Minister of Foreign Affairs". When the II UNTAET Transitional Government of East Timor, II UNTAET Transitional Government took office on 20 September 2001, the title was changed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Incumbent The i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of East Timor
The national emblem of Timor-Leste, also known as the ''Belak'' (Tetum for "Disk"), is one of the national symbols of the country. Current emblem The emblem was introduced on 18 January 2007 by Law 2/2007, replacing the coat of arms based on the shield of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT), which had been used since independence in 2002. The current coat of arms is a variant of the emblem used by East Timorese representatives during Indonesian occupation. It is based on a design first used when the country unilaterally declared independence on 28 November 1975. Design The center of the coat of arms shows the outline of the highest mountain in Timor-Leste, the Tatamailau (''Foho Ramelau''), on a white background in the national colors "ruby red" on the outside, black on the inside with a thin golden-yellow border. It is shaped like a square pyramid with three corners pointing down and one pointing up. The edges are arched. In the center of the top corner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fretilin
The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a separatist organization turned centre-left political party in Timor-Leste. It presently holds 19 of 65 seats in the National Parliament. Fretilin formed the government in East Timor until its independence in 2002. It obtained the presidency in 2017 under Francisco Guterres but lost in the 2022 East Timorese presidential election. Fretilin originally began as a resistance movement that fought for the independence of East Timor from Portugal in 1974 before transforming itself into a separatist organization that aspires, with success, to make the province of Timor Timur break away from Indonesia until 1999. Upon gaining her total independence in 2002, Fretilin became one of several parties competing for power in a multi-party system. History before independence Ascendancy and destruction Fretilin was founded on 20 May 1974 as the Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT). The ASDT ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estanislau Da Silva
Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva (born 4 August 1952) is an East Timorese politician and a key member of Fretilin. He was acting Prime Minister from May 2007 to August 2007. A member of Fretilin since 1974, Da Silva served on the diplomatic front for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste (1975 to 1999). During the occupation, Da Silva resided in Mozambique (1976 to 1984), Portugal (1975 to 1976 and 1984 to 1985) and Australia (1985 to 1999), before returning to Timor-Leste in 1999. After Timor-Leste achieved independence in 2002, Da Silva was appointed as the country's first Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. On 10 July 2006, he was sworn in as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste. He was sworn in as the acting Prime Minister on 19 May 2007 to replace José Ramos-Horta who had been elected President of the young nation. He left office when Xanana Gusmão was sworn in as Prime Minister o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
III Constitutional Government Of Timor-Leste
The III Constitutional Government (, ) was the third Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, Constitutional Government (Administration (government), administration or Cabinet (government), cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 19 May 2007, it was led by the country's fourth Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Prime Minister, Estanislau da Silva, and was replaced by the IV Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, IV Constitutional Government on 8 August 2007. Composition The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows: Ministers Vice Ministers Secretaries of State References {{Constitutional Governments of Timor-Leste Cabinets established in 2007, Timor-Leste Cabinets disestablished in 2007, Timor-Leste Constitutional Governments of Timor-Leste, 03 2007 establishments in Timor-Leste 2007 disestablishments in Timor-Leste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalgiza Magno
Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno (born 7 January 1975) is an East Timorese politician and diplomat, and a member of the Fretilin political party. From June 2020 to July 2023, she was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. Previously, she served several terms as Vice Minister in that portfolio, and briefly, in 2007, as acting Minister. She has also been the East Timorese Ambassador to Singapore. Early life and career Magno was born in Baguia, in the then Portuguese Timor, to Ana Xavier G. Magno and Alberto dos Reis Magno. Eleven months after her birth, Indonesia began its occupation of East Timor. Magno's family fled to Mount Matebian, a centre of the Fretilin resistance against the occupiers. The family lived on the run for four years before returning to Baguia in 1979. In 1980, the family surrendered to the Indonesian army because its members were in danger of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
II Constitutional Government Of Timor-Leste
The II Constitutional Government (, ) was the second Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 10 July 2006, it was led by the country's third Prime Minister, José Ramos-Horta José Manuel Ramos-Horta GCL GColIH (; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician. He has been the president of East Timor since 2022, having previously also held the position from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Mini ..., and was replaced by the III Constitutional Government on 19 May 2007. Composition The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows: Ministers Vice Ministers Secretaries of State References Notes Further reading * {{Constitutional Governments of Timor-Leste Cabinets established in 2006 Cabinets disestablished in 2007 02 2006 establishments in Timor-Leste 2007 disestablishments in Timor-Leste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luís Guterres Small 2007
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luís Guterres
José Luís Guterres (born 1954 Uato-Lari, Portuguese Timor) is an East Timorese politician and diplomat. Education Guterres studied at the University of Cambridge, the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, the Malaysian Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, and the Institute for Strategic and International Studies in Portugal. Career Guterres was a member of the Central Committee of the former ruling party Fretilin. He served as the ambassador of the unrecognized East Timor government to Angola, Mozambique and the United Nations. When his country achieved independence in May 2002, he was appointed as the first East Timorese ambassador to the U.S. and concurrently the U.N. In 2006, after an internal political crisis in East Timor, Guterres attempted to take over the leadership of Fretilin from Mari Alkatiri, the party's Secretary-General, but Alkatiri prevailed at a Fretilin national congress. Guterres was named foreign minister In many countries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Constitutional Government Of Timor-Leste
The I Constitutional Government (, ) was the first Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, Constitutional Government (Administration (government), administration or Cabinet (government), cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Formed on 20 May 2002, it was led by the country's second Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, and was replaced by the II Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, II Constitutional Government on 10 July 2006. Initial composition From 20 May 2002 until it was restructured on 26 July 2005, the government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows: Ministers Vice Ministers Secretaries of State Restructured composition Following the restructuring on 26 July 2005, the government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows: Ministers Vice Ministers Secretaries of State References Notes Further reading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Alkatiri
Mari bin Amude Alkatiri ( '; born 26 November 1949) is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country, and again from September 2017 until May 2018.Agence France-Presse (2006)East Timor PM quits Retrieved 26 June 2006. He is the Secretary-General of the Fretilin party and was the former President of the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse. Alkatiri is an Hadhrami Arab by ethnicity and comes from the Al-Kathiri tribe, a branch of which ruled the sultanate of Kathiri in the Hadhramaut, which is now part of Yemen. He is one of very few Muslim politicians in a country that is largely Christian. The main issues facing his second term as prime minister were environmental conservation, cultural conservation, accession of East Timor to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, free public education and public health services, and building the country's economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sérgio Vieira De Mello
Sérgio Vieira de Mello (; 15 March 1948 – 19 August 2003) was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked on several UN humanitarian and political programs for over 34 years. The Government of Brazil posthumously awarded the Sergio Vieira de Mello Medal to honor his legacy in promoting sustainable peace, international security and better living conditions for individuals in situations of armed conflict, challenges to which Sérgio Vieira de Mello had dedicated his life and career. He was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq along with 20 other members of his staff on 19 August 2003 while working as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the rank of Under-Secretary-General, and United Nations Special Representative for Iraq. Before his death, he was considered a likely candidate for UN Secretary-General. Biography and professional career Vieira de Mello was born in Rio de Janeiro to the diplomat Arnaldo Vieira de Mello and his wife Gilda dos Santos on 15 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
