José Ramos-Horta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

José Ramos-Horta

former president and prime minister of East Timor

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1949

Place of Birth: Dili, Dili municipality, East Timor

Profession: lawyer, politician, legal counsel

Nationality: East Timor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About José Ramos-Horta

  • José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: [?u'z? '??~muz '??t?]; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician who was the President of East Timor from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012.
  • Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006 and Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007.
  • He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize along with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". As a founder and former member of Fretilin, Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975–1999).
  • While he continued to work with Fretilin, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, becoming 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 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil.
  • On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed as acting Prime Minister by President Xanana Gusmão.
  • Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor.
  • He was elected as President in 2007.
  • On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was shot during an assassination attempt. After leaving office as President in 2012, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the United Nations' Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) on 2 January 2013.

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