Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas

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Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas (December 1945)

Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas (March 11, 1899 - May 3, 1982 ) was a Portuguese governor of the Portuguese Timor colony and an officer in the infantry.

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Ruas (left) with the relieved Governor Portuguese-Timors Carvalho (December 1945)

Portuguese Timor was occupied by Japan during World War II in 1942 , although Portugal was actually neutral. The Portuguese governor Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho declared himself a prisoner of the Japanese and stayed in the colony until the end of the war. On September 5, 1945, Japan officially declared the return of the colony. On September 26th, the official ceremony to restore Portuguese rule took place in the colonial capital Dili . The next day, the first Portuguese warships reached the colony.

Capitão ( Captain ) Ruas arrived in Dili in December 1945 and replaced Governor Carvalho in office. Ruas then remained Governor of Portuguese Timor until June 8, 1950. César Maria de Serpa Rosa became the new governor on December 31, 1950 . In the meantime, António da Cunha Aragão and Arnaldo Dionísio Carneiro de Sousa e Meneses took over the office.

Ruas received the Knightly Order of Avis on January 26, 1939, the Order of Gregorius on April 5, and the Order of Infante Dom Henrique on June 26, 1963 in the rank of Commander .

Publications

  • Discurso do encarregado do Governo de Timor , Boletim Geral das Colónias, 22, 251, pp. 21-22, May 1946.
  • Salvé Angola: artigo escrito para a Revista do Ultramar pelo governador de Timor , Revista do Ultramar, Volume 1, No. 7, p. 23, September 1948.
  • Aleluia! , Defesa Nacional, 193-194, pp. 7-9, May / June 1950.

Web links

Commons : Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos Ruas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical examination of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912. Aberag, Hamburg 1996. ISBN 3-934376-08-8
  2. ↑ World Statesman: East Timor , accessed August 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ 第二 次 世界 大 戦 期 東 テ ィ モ ー ル 文献 目録, 2008, ISBN 9784844700210
  4. ↑ Order Honoríficas Portuguesas , accessed on 16 August 2017th
  5. ↑ Presidência da República: Chancelaria das Ordens , Anuário das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas, Lisbon 1969, Execução Grafica da SPEME, pp. 98 & 183.
predecessor Office successor
Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho Governor of Portuguese Timor
1945–1950 		César Maria de Serpa Rosa
personal data
SURNAME Ruas, Óscar Freire de Vasconcelos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese officer and Governor of Portuguese Timor
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1899
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1982