National Council of Timorese Resistance

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The National Council of Timorese Resistance was the main umbrella organization coordinating East Timor’s political and armed struggle for independence from Indonesian occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
resistance movement
umbrella organization
abbreviation CNRT
armedWing FALINTIL
surface form: Falintil
chairperson Xanana Gusmão
country Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor
countryOfOperation Australia
Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor

Indonesia
Portugal
dissolved 2001
founded 1988
foundedBy Xanana Gusmão
goal independence of East Timor
hasMember East Timorese civil society groups
East Timorese diaspora activists
East Timorese political parties
hasPart APODETI dissidents
Fretilin
surface form: FRETILIN

FALINTIL
surface form: Falintil

KOTA
PPT
Fretilin
surface form: Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor

National Council of Timorese Resistance self-linksurface differs
surface form: Timorese Social Democratic Association

UDT
clandestine networks
student organizations
headquartersLocation Dili
ideology East Timorese nationalism
self-determination
leader Xanana Gusmão
nativeName National Council of Timorese Resistance self-linksurface differs
surface form: Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense
notableMember Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
José Ramos-Horta
Mari Alkatiri
Xanana Gusmão
opposedTo Indonesian occupation of East Timor
partOf East Timorese War of Independence
surface form: East Timorese independence movement
purpose coordination of East Timor’s armed struggle for independence
coordination of East Timor’s political struggle for independence
recognizedBy Government of Portugal
surface form: Portuguese government

United Nations
various international solidarity groups
reorganized 1998
replacedBy National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
roleIn 1999 East Timorese independence referendum
significantEvent 1999 East Timorese independence referendum
vicePresident Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
José Ramos-Horta

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Xanana Gusmão leaderOf National Council of Timorese Resistance
FALINTIL partOf National Council of Timorese Resistance
this entity surface form: East Timorese resistance movement
FALINTIL foundedBy National Council of Timorese Resistance
this entity surface form: Fretilin leaders
FALINTIL fullName National Council of Timorese Resistance
this entity surface form: Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste
National Council of Timorese Resistance nativeName National Council of Timorese Resistance self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense
National Council of Timorese Resistance hasPart National Council of Timorese Resistance self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Timorese Social Democratic Association
Kay Rala affiliation National Council of Timorese Resistance
subject surface form: Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
UDT memberOf National Council of Timorese Resistance
UDT associatedWith National Council of Timorese Resistance
this entity surface form: Timorese nationalist movement
PPT participatedIn National Council of Timorese Resistance
PPT partOf National Council of Timorese Resistance
PPT partOf National Council of Timorese Resistance
this entity surface form: East Timorese resistance movement
PPT associatedWith National Council of Timorese Resistance
1999 East Timorese independence referendum supportedBy National Council of Timorese Resistance