Kirsty Sword Gusmão
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Kirsty Sword Gusmão, is an Australian-East Timorese activist who served as the First Lady of East Timor from 2002 until 2007. She was married to Xanana Gusmão, former prime minister and president of E
Sword Gusmão accepting a plaque aboard the USS Reuben James (FFG-57) in 2010
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
Kirsty Sword Gusmão
…gunfire one hour after President Ramos-Horta was shot in the stomach; according to the Associated Press, the two incidents raised the possibility of a coup attempt. During the assassination attempts, Sword Gusmão was protecting her children from gunmen stalking their home. Also being sheltered was another woman…
![The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in which Gusmão was riding when attacked, on display at the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room [de] in 2018](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Gusm%C3%A3o%27s_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_Prado%2C_Dili%2C_2018_%2801%29.jpg/500px-Gusm%C3%A3o%27s_Toyota_Land_Cruiser_Prado%2C_Dili%2C_2018_%2801%29.jpg)
The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in which Gusmão was riding when attacked, on display at the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room [de] in 2018
Memorial at the site of the attack on President Ramos-Horta, photographed in 2009