Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister and former President of East Timor · Portugal · Politicians · Born 1946 · age 80
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Something wrong?José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão is an East Timorese politician. He has served as the tenth prime minister of Timor-Leste since 2023, previously serving as the sixth prime minister from 2007 to 2015.
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Xanana Gusmão in a safe house in Dili during the occupation
Gusmão's visit to Same (2000)
Return of Gusmão to Aileu after Indonesian arrest
Last meeting on 30 October 1999 between Colonel Czi J. Suryo Prabowo, Xanana, and Col Inf Sahala Silalahi. The next day the TNI's rule in East Timor ended.
Gusmão handing over control from INTERFET to UNTAET
Xanana Gusmão as the president of East Timor
Gusmão at a AMP campaign event in 2018 in OesiloAwards
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About this person
José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão is an East Timorese politician. He has served as the tenth prime minister of Timor-Leste since 2023, previously serving as the sixth prime minister from 2007 to 2015. A former rebel, he also served as East Timor's first president since its re-establishment of independence from 2002 to 2007.
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Mary RobinsonBoth received Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
Fidel RamosBoth received Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
Richard ZareBoth received Honorary Doctor of the Hunan University
F. W. de KlerkBoth received Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
Sadako OgataBoth received Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
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