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Maria Ângela Carrascalão
Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão (born 10 April 1951) is an East Timorese journalist, author, university teacher and former Minister of Justice (East Timor), Minister of Justice. She is a member of the Timorese Democratic Union ( (UDT)). Early life and education Carrascalão was born in Caitucoloa, Liquiçá, in the then Portuguese Timor, one of thirteen children of Manuel Viegas Carrascalão, a Portuguese exile who married a Timorese woman. Several of her siblings have similarly occupied high political positions. Carrascalão attended Dili Primary School and the 28 de Novembro Public Secondary School, Dr. Francisco Machado High School, Dili, graduating in 1970. Career Between 1978 and 2002, Carrascalão worked for the Portuguese news agencies Lusa_News_Agency#History, Notícias de Portugal (NP), Lusa_News_Agency#History, Agência Noticiosa Portuguesa and Lusa News Agency, Lusa, as well as for the television station Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liquiçá Municipality
Liquiçá (, ) is one of the municipalities of East Timor, municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor. Its capital is also called Liquiçá. Etymology The English language name of the municipality has been said to be a Portuguese approximation of the old name ''Liku Saen'', which means 'Pythonidae, python' in the local Tokodede language, or the corresponding portmanteau ''Likusaen''. Another theory points to the Tokodede expression ''Likis Aá'', meaning 'motion' or 'change', referring to an incident during the founding of the city of Vila de Liquiçá. After the Portuguese had chosen the settlement site, people started clearing the forest there and turning it into an open space. The Portuguese then asked the local people to tell them the name of the area. The local people did not understand the question, and so the Portuguese tried to communicate with gestures by moving their hands back and forth. The local people then responded with the expression ''Likis Aá'', that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SBS Radio
SBS Radio is an Australian radio network owned by the Special Broadcasting Service directed towards newly arrived immigrants in Australia. It originally began as two stations based in Melbourne and Sydney, set up to provide pre-recorded information about the then-new Medicare (Australia), Medibank health care system in languages other than English. Nowadays, the network targets the estimated 4+ million Australians who speak a language other than English at home with programs in 68 languages.Our Story : SBS Corporate SBS Corporation Like SBS Television, SBS Radio supplements its government funding with paid-for information campaigns for government agencies and non-profit organisations as well as commercial advertising and sponsorship. History and evolution The hi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIII Constitutional Government Of East Timor
The VIII Constitutional Government (, ) was the eighth Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, Constitutional Government (Administration (government), administration or Cabinet (government), cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 22 June 2018, and restructured in mid-2020, it was led by the country's seventh Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, and was replaced by the IX Constitutional Government of East Timor, IX Constitutional Government on 1 July 2023. Initial (AMP) composition (22 June 2018–24 June 2020) Initially, the VIII Constitutional Government was drawn from and supported by a coalition known as the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), which was made up of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the People's Liberation Party (East Timor), People's Liberation Party (PLP) and Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO). The Ministers, Deputy MinistersThe Constitution of Timor-Leste provides, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Guterres
Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lú-Olo (born 7 September 1954), is an East Timorese politician who served as 6th president of East Timor from 2017 to 2022. He is also the president of the political party Fretilin, and he was the first president of the National Parliament of East Timor from 2002 to 2007. As the Fretilin candidate, he stood in the 2007 presidential election and 2012 presidential election, but was defeated in the second round by independent candidates on both occasions. He also contested the 2017 presidential election, and with the support of former prime minister Xanana Gusmão and the CNRT, was elected the 6th president of East Timor. Guterres was run for re-election in 2022 for second term, but defeated in a landslide in the second round by Ramos-Horta. He is considered as a centre-left politician. Early life Born in Ossu in 1954, Guterres has described himself as “the son of a poor family, of humble people”. He is a Roman Catholic and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VII Constitutional Government Of East Timor
The VII Constitutional Government (, ) was the seventh Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, Constitutional Government (Administration (government), administration or Cabinet (government), cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 15 September 2017, it was led by the country's second Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, and was replaced by the VIII Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, VIII Constitutional Government on 22 June 2018. Composition The government was made up of Ministers, Deputy Ministers of the Prime Minister, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows: Ministers Vice Ministers Secretaries of State References Notes Further reading * * * * * * * * External linksProgram of the Seventh Constitutional Government (roughly translated from Portuguese)– Government of Timor-Leste – La'o Hamutuk, La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis {{Constitution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio-Televisão Timor Leste
Radio e Televisão de Timor-Leste, E.P. (RTTL, , ''Radio and Television of East Timor'' in English) is the national state media, state radio and television broadcaster in East Timor. Radio The radio branch of RTTL is known as Radio Timor Leste (RTL), which broadcasts in Tetum language, Tetum and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Radio Timor Leste is broadcast 16 hours a day with 34 programs locally produced by a staff of 63. Seven percent of RTL's programmes come from outside producers, including non governmental organizations and agencies. RTL has 4 departments to support its daily operation: News, Programming, Technical, and the Department of Promotion, External Production and Research. RTL Director Mr Rosario Da Graca Maia also serves as the Head of International Relations of Timor Lorosae'e Journalist's Association - TLJA. He has received an Australian Leadership Award and he's the Young International Analyst and Alert coordinator for the Southeast Asia Press Alliance - SEA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taur Matan Ruak
José Maria de Vasconcelos (born 10 October 1956), popularly known as Taur Matan Ruak (Tetum for "Two Sharp Eyes"), is an East Timorese politician who served as 9th prime minister of East Timor from 2018 to 2023. He also served as 5th president of East Timor from 2012 to 2017. Before entering politics, he was the commander of the FALINTIL-''Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste'' (F-FDTL), the military of East Timor, from 2002 until 6 October 2011. Prior to serving in the F-FDTL, he was the last commander of the Armed Forces of National Liberation of East Timor or FALINTIL (''Forças Armadas para a Liberação Nacional de Timor Leste''), the insurgent army that resisted the Indonesian occupation of the territory from 1975 to 1999. Leaving the military in 2011, he stood as an independent candidate in the 2012 presidential election and prevailed in the second round of the vote, held in April 2012. Biography On 7 December 1975, when Indonesia invaded and occupied East Timor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of East Timor
The president of Timor-Leste, officially the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (; ) is the head of state of the Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The executive powers of the president are limited; however, the President is also the ''ex officio'' head of the Council of State (Timor-Leste), Council of State, able to veto legislation, and is the supreme commander of the Timor-Leste Defence Force. List of presidents of Timor-Leste ;Political parties ;Other factions ;Symbols † Assassinated Presidents of East Timor during the War for Independence Presidents of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Timeline Latest election See also * Politics of Timor-Leste * History of Timor-Leste * List of colonial governors of Portuguese Timor * Prime Minister of Timor-Leste * First Lady of Timor-Leste Notes References {{Southeast Asian leaders Presidents of Timor-Leste, 1975 establishments in East Timor 2002 establishments in Timor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IV Constitutional Government Of East Timor
The IV Constitutional Government (, ) was the fourth Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, Constitutional Government (Administration (government), administration or Cabinet (government), cabinet) under the Constitution of Timor-Leste. Formed on 8 August 2007, it was led by the country's fifth Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão, and was replaced by the V Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste, V Constitutional Government on 8 August 2012. Composition The government was made up of Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State, as follows: Ministers Vice Ministers Secretaries of State References Notes Further reading * * * External linksCouncil of Ministers of the IV Constitutional Government– Government of Timor-LesteFive-Years Mandate: Positive Balance– Government of Timor-LesteProgram of the IV Constitutional Government – Government of Timor-Leste {{Constitutional Governments of Timor-Leste Cabinets establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
