List of East Timorese people
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The following is a list of notable East Timorese
people:
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East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
people:
- Afonso Busa Metan
- Alberto Ricardo da SilvaAlberto Ricardo da SilvaAlberto Ricardo da Silva is the Roman Catholic bishop of Dili, East Timor.He was born in Aileu, on 24 April 1943 in East Timor when it was still a Portuguese colony...
- Alfredo Reinado
- Anna Pessoa PintoAnna Pessoa PintoAna Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pinto is prosecutor general of East Timor and former Minister for State and Internal Administration during the Alkatiri-lead Fretilin government from 2002 - 2007. She is a member of the Fretilin Central Committee...
- Avelino Coelho
- Basilio do NascimentoBasilio do NascimentoBasílio do Nascimento Martins is the Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau, East Timor.He was born on June 14, 1950, in Suai, then Portuguese Timor and ordained priest in Évora, in 1977...
- Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo
- Eurico GuterresEurico GuterresEurico Barros Gomes Guterres Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres (born 1971 is a pro-Indonesian or anti-independence militia terrorist recruited by the Indonesian military. He was involved in several massacres in East Timor, and a chief militia leader during the...
- Fernando de AraújoFernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)Fernando de Araújo, also known by Lasama is an East Timorese politician and the current President of the National Parliament of East Timor. He was also serving as the Acting President of East Timor for two months in early 2008. He is also the President of the Democratic Party. He is married to...
- Fernando SylvanFernando SylvanFernando Sylvan was a poet and a writer from East Timor.He spent almost all his life in Portugal, where he eventually died. The distance between Portugal and Timor didn't prevent him writing about the traditions, the legends and the folklore of his homeland...
- Francisco GuterresFrancisco GuterresFrancisco Guterres, popularly known as Lu Olo is the President of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor . He was also President of the National Parliament of East Timor from 2002 to 2007...
- Francisco Xavier do AmaralFrancisco Xavier do AmaralFrancisco Xavier do Amaral is an East Timorese politician. A founder of the Frente Revolucionaria de Timor Leste Independente , he was sworn in as President when the country, then a Portuguese colony, made a unilateral declaration of independence on November 28, 1975...
- Gil da Cruz TrindadeGil da Cruz TrindadeGil da Cruz Trindade is an athlete from East Timor. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. A marathon runner, Trindade failed to finish the race.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise...
- José Ramos-Horta
- Kirsty Sword GusmãoKirsty Sword GusmãoKirsty Sword Gusmão is married to Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister and former President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste or East Timor...
- Marí AlkatiriMari AlkatiriMari Bim Amude Alkatiri was the first Prime Minister of an internationally-recognized East Timor. He served from May 2002 until he resigned on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country...
- Maria de Lourdes Martins CruzMaria de Lourdes Martins CruzMaria de Lourdes Martins Cruz is an East Timorese Roman Catholic nun.She was born in Asu Manu, East Timor in 1962. After an education interrupted by the independence struggle, she joined the Canossian Daughters of Charity as a novice. In 1985 she went to Indonesia to study Theology at the Jesuit...
- Martinho da Costa LopesMartinho da Costa LopesMartinho da Costa Lopes , East Timorese religious and political leader. Msgr da Costa Lopes, who was a Timorese priest of many years experience, was also a member of the National Assembly in Lisbon. By 1975, when the Indonesian troops landed in Timor, he had become the assistant to the Portuguese...
- Nicolau dos Reis LobatoNicolau dos Reis LobatoNicolau dos Reis Lobato was an East-Timorese politician and national hero. He was born in 1952 in Bazartete, Portuguese Timor. Lobato was prime minister of East Timor from November 28 to December 7, 1975...
- Norberto Do AmaralNorberto Do AmaralNorberto Do Amaral was born February 17, 1956 in Ainaro, East Timor. After attending the elementary Catholic school in Ainaro, he entered the Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima in Dare. He completed his philosophical studies from 1981–1983 and theological studies between 1985-1988 at the Major Seminary...
- Xanana GusmãoXanana GusmãoKay Rala Xanana Gusmão GCL is a former militant who was the first President of East Timor, serving from May 2002 to May 2007...
See also: List of people by nationality