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05/24/2000
Jose Ramos-Horta
A conversation with Jose Ramos-Horta
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Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, a leading figure in the campaign against Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, on his recent trip to East Timor.
Jose Ramos-Horta
Jose Ramos-Horta is a 1996 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the current Prime Minister of East Timor.
As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on June 25, 2006, amidst political turmoil.
On June 26, 2006, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on July 10, 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. Currently he is, along with President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica, one of the two heads of governments with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Source- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ramos_Horta
Jose Ramos-Horta is a 1996 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the current Prime Minister of East Timor.
As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on June 25, 2006, amidst political turmoil.
On June 26, 2006, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on July 10, 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. Currently he is, along with President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica, one of the two heads of governments with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Source- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ramos_Horta
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