Xanana Gusmão

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Xanana Gusmão is a Timorese independence leader and statesman who became the first president and later prime minister of Timor-Leste after leading the struggle against Indonesian occupation.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government
head of state
human
independence leader
politician
rebel commander
appliesToPosition President of Timor-Leste
Prime Minister of Timor-Leste
awardReceived Order of Liberty (Portugal)
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Sydney Peace Prize
countryOfCitizenship Timor-Leste
dateOfBirth 1946-06-20
detentionEnd 1999
detentionStart 1992
endTime 2007-05-20
2015-02-16
ethnicGroup Timorese
fullName Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
givenName José Alexandre
hasWork poetry and writings on Timorese resistance
headOfGovernmentOf Timor-Leste
headOfStateOf Timor-Leste
honorificPrefix Kay Rala
imprisonedBy Indonesia
languageSpoken Indonesian
Portuguese
Tetum
leaderOf CNRT (political party)
FALINTIL
National Council of Timorese Resistance
movement East Timorese independence movement
nickname Xanana
notableFor being the first President of Timor-Leste
leadership in the East Timorese independence struggle
serving as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste
occupation military leader
poet
politician
writer
opposedBy Indonesian occupation forces
participatedIn resistance against Indonesian occupation of East Timor
placeOfBirth Laleia, Portuguese Timor
placeOfDetention Cipinang Prison, Jakarta
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of FALINTIL
Minister of Defense and Security of Timor-Leste
President of Timor-Leste
President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT)
Prime Minister of Timor-Leste
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Dili, Timor-Leste
signed 2005 Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation report (as national leader)
spouse Emília Baptista (former)
Kirsty Sword-Gusmão
startTime 2002-05-20
2007-08-08
2023-07-01


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