Arsénio Paixão Bano (born 1974 in

Oecussi-Ambeno Oecusse, also known as Oecusse-Ambeno (; ) and formerly just Ambeno, officially the Special Administrative Region Oecusse-Ambeno (), is an exclave, municipality (formerly a district) and the only Special Administrative Region (SAR) of East Tim ...

) is an

East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

ese politician and the vice-president of

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 ...

, a post to which he was elected by the party's Central Committee in July 2007. He served in the government as Minister of Labor and Community Reinsertion"Arsénio Bano elected Vice President of FRETILIN"
FRETILIN media release, July 30, 2007. until August 2007. Bano is a member of Fretilin's Central Committee and its National Political Commission. He was elected to a seat in the

National Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

in the June 2007 parliamentary election as the third name on FRETILIN's candidate list."National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections"
Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, July 9, 2007.

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People from Oecusse Municipality Members of the National Parliament (Timor-Leste) 1974 births Living people Fretilin politicians Government ministers of Timor-Leste {{EastTimor-politician-stub