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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 O
A demonstration for independence from Indonesia held in Australia during September 1999
José Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner, fourth and seventh president of Timor-Leste
Xanana Gusmão, the first East Timorese president after the end of Indonesian occupation
The National Parliament, fronted by flags of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
José Ramos-Horta
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José Manuel Ramos-Horta is an East Timorese politician who has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022, having previously been the fourth president from 2007 to 2012. He was a co-recipien
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…to run for another term. While there were minor incidents in the build-up to the mid-year presidential elections, the process was peaceful overall and José Ramos-Horta was elected president. In June 2007, Gusmão ran in the parliamentary elections and became prime minister at the head of the National Congress for…
Official portrait, 2023
Ramos-Horta in 1976
Ramos-Horta with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2008
Ramos-Horta with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama