Presidente de Timor–Leste e Nobel da Paz José Ramos–Horta passou a maior parte da sua vida adulta lutando pela liberdade contra a opressão da sua pátria. Quando tinha 18 anos, Ramos–Horta foi exilado de Timor–Leste — então uma colónia portuguesa sob uma ditadura militar — para Moçambique por causa das suas duras críticas ao fracasso do governo em lidar com o subdesenvolvimento e pobreza generalizada. Posteriormente regressou brevemente a Timor–Leste, mas foi exilado novamente de a por falar contra o regime militar português.

Em , Timor–Leste declarou a sua independência de Portugal, seguida por uma invasão da Indonésia, começando outra ocupação militar brutal. Tendo deixado Timor–Leste três dias antes da invasão, Ramos–Horta, então com 25 anos, passou os vinte e quatro anos seguintes no exílio, levando a situação de Timor–Leste à atenção do mundo.

Tornou–se a pessoa mais jovem a discursar nas Nações Unidas e convenceu representantes da ONU a aprovar uma resolução apoiando a independência de Timor–Leste. Apesar desta vitória, a ocupação pela Indonésia continuou e por isso ele persistiu na sua insistência para que a ONU e outros líderes mundiais convencessem a Indonésia a conced

President of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Laureate José Ramos-Horta has spent most of his adult life fighting for freedom from oppression for his homeland. When he was 18, Ramos-Horta was exiled from Timor-Leste—then a Portuguese colony under a military dictatorship—to Mozambique for his outspoken criticism of the government’s failure to deal with underdevelopment and widespread poverty. He later returned briefly to Timor-Leste, but was exiled once again from to for speaking out against Portuguese military rule.

In , Timor-Leste declared its independence from Portugal, followed shortly thereafter by an invasion from Indonesia, beginning another brutal occupation. Having left Timor-Leste three days before the invasion, Ramos-Horta, then age 25, spent the next twenty-four years in exile, bringing the plight of Timor-Leste to the attention of the world.

He became the youngest person to address the United Nations, and convinced UN representatives to pass a resolution supporting the independence of Timor-Leste. Despite this victory, Indonesia continued its occupation, and so he persisted in urging the UN and other world leaders to convince Indonesia to grant Timor-Leste its freedom.

José Manuel Ramos-Horta

José Ramos-Horta is currently president of Timor-Leste. 

Born in , he became the second president of the country after it achieved independence from Indonesia in , taking office in May He also held the post of Prime Minister ( &#; ), and is a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 

He studied at The Hague Academy of International Law and the International Institute of Human Rights, in Strasbourg, France. Mr Ramos-Horta took postgraduate courses in American foreign policy at Columbia University, holds a Master’s in Peace Studies from Antioch University, and has a Diploma from the Executive Program for Leaders in Development at Harvard University. 

Due to his active involvement in political awareness and advocating independence for the territory, he was deported at the age of 18 to Portuguese East Africa. He returned to Timor in and, after the revolution in Portugal, joined with other young Timorese pro-independence activists to found the Social Democratic Association of Timor, later known as the Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste (FRETILIN). When FRETILIN declared the independence of East Timor in , Ramos-Horta was appointed Minister of Ext

Jose Ramos-Horta

5th President of East Timor from 20 May

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Content:
  1. José Ramos-Horta: Life, Career, and Legacy
  2. Political Career
  3. Nobel Peace Prize and International Recognition
  4. As Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister
  5. Presidency
  6. Assassination Attempt
  7. Post-Presidency
  8. Second Presidential Term
  9. Recognition and Awards

José Ramos-Horta: Life, Career, and Legacy

Childhood and Education

José Ramos-Horta was born on December 26, , in Dili, Timor-Leste. His father was a Portuguese exile who was sent to Timor-Leste during the Salazar dictatorship, while his mother was Timorese. Ramos-Horta received his education at a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, which was selected by FRETILIN as its headquarters after the Indonesian occupation. He later studied international human rights law and foreign policy at various universities in Europe and the United States.

Political Career

Ramos-Horta played a pivotal role in Timor-Leste's independence movement from Indonesia. He became a minister in the government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, which declared independence in November After the Indonesian invasion in , he repr

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