Carrascalão (sometimes Carrascalao) is a surname of Portuguese origin for several personalities of

Timor Leste 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 ...

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, mainly politicians: *

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 ...

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 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 govern ...

, his brother, also politician of UDT but sided the Indonesian occupation as governor of

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 th ...

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 José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician. He has served as the 6th prime minister of East Timor since 2023, previously serving in that position from 2007 to 2015. A former rebel, he also served as E ...

(2007-2012) *

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 b ...

, chief-of-staff of Timorese president

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 ...

during the

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 ...

* Rosa Horta Carrascalão, wife of João Viegas Carrascalão and sister of

* Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão or Maria Ângela Carrascalão, East Timorese journalist, former Minister of Justice in the VII government of

Francisco Guterres Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lú-Olo (born 7 September 1954), is an East Timorese politician who served as 6th president of East Timor from 2017 to 2022. He is also the president of the political party Fretilin, and he was the first ...

(2017-2018) * Gabriela Carrascalão, Timorese journalist, executive producer and broadcaster/journalist at SBS melbourne, Head of UN/UnTAET-UNMISET-TVTL Television, advisor to Foreign Affairs Minister, advisor to President of Republic Taur Matan Ruak, also well known artist/painter and wife of Portuguese singer

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 represen ...

* Sónia Dara Carrascalão, Indonesian actress nominated to the

Citra Award for Best Leading Actress The Citra Award for Best Actress () is an award given at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) to Indonesian Actor, actresses for their achievements in lead actress, leading roles. The Citra Awards, described by ''Screen International'' as "Indones ...

and

Citra Award for Best Film The Citra Award for Best Picture ( Indonesian: ''Film Cerita Panjang Terbaik'') is an award given at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) to the best feature film of the year. The Citra Awards, described by ''Screen International'' as "Indonesia's ...

in 1991 * Pedro Carrascalão, chairman of the

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. ...

of Dili

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