National Council of Timorese Resistance

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political organization resistance movement umbrella organization

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

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense 1
East Timorese resistance movement 1
Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste 1
Fretilin leaders 1
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor 1
Timorese Social Democratic Association 1

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
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 → hasPart → National Council of Timorese Resistance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Timorese Social Democratic Association
Xanana Gusmão → leaderOf → National Council of Timorese Resistance ⓘ
National Council of Timorese Resistance → nativeName → National Council of Timorese Resistance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense
FALINTIL → partOf → National Council of Timorese Resistance ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Timorese resistance movement