António Soares da Silva

António Soares da Silva (2019)

António Soares da Silva (born December 9, 1962 in Macadique , Viqueque , Portuguese Timor ), battle name Mau Kalo (variants: Maukalo , Maucalo , Maucalu ), is an East Timorese officer with the rank of colonel and former freedom fighter of the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (FALINTIL). Since 2017, Silva has been the President's military chief of staff ( Portuguese Chefe de Casa Militar , tetum Xefe Casa Militar ) .

Career

António Soares da Silva (2019). In the background Brigadier General Falur Rate Laek

Since the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, Silva fought against the occupiers as the commander of a unit ( Portuguese Unidade ) of the FALINTIL. His pregnant wife was killed in the Indonesian massacre on Mount Aitana . She was shot in the stomach, which also hit the unborn child.

On August 8, 1983, Silva was involved in the attack on an Indonesian military unit in Kraras , in which 14 Indonesian soldiers (16 according to other sources) died. Due to a local festival, the Indonesians had their weapons out of hand when they were attacked. The two guards were defeated within ten minutes. The East Timorese are said to have cut off the victims' penises. The Indonesians responded to the attack with the Kraras massacre . On June 20, 1991, Silva was captured by the Indonesians. In the trial of FALINTIL boss Xanana Gusmão , Silva appeared as a witness and stated that between 1975 and 1991 he had participated in 17 attacks by FALINTIL on Indonesian soldiers and villages. But he never received a direct order from Gusmão. During his time at FALINTIL, he felt like a Portuguese citizen, but is now Indonesian. At that time, Silva was not in custody. When the Indonesians withdrew in 1999, Silva was officially demobilized and joined the new East Timorese Defense Forces (F-FDTL). In 2003 he held the rank of captain and was charged with the exhumation of FALINTIL dead in the mountains of East Timor.

On May 24, 2017, Silva was named military chief of staff to President Francisco Lú-Olo Guterres . Simultaneously with the appointment, the promotion from lieutenant colonel to colonel took place.

Web links

Commons : António Soares da Silva  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jornál da República: LISTA DE TODOS OS COMBATENTES DA LIBERTAÇÃO NACIONAL PARA A DESMOBILIZAÇÃO E RECONHECIMENTO , August 17, 2011 , accessed on November 11, 2018.
2. ↑ "Chapter 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances", p. 162 (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
3. ^ Ernest Chamberlain: The Struggle in Iliomar: Resistance in rural East Timor Iliomar Sub-District , p. 106, 2017 , accessed November 6, 2018.
4. ↑ "Chapter 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances" ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English) 
5. ↑ Timor-Leste Memória ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ East Timor and Indonesia Action Network : Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and Connected Computer Networks, Volume 21: February 15 - April 10, 1993 , accessed November 11, 2018.
7. ↑ LUSA: 'Fallen heroes' of independence was exhumed for proper burial , August 19, 2003 , accessed on November 11, 2018.
8. ↑ Jornál da República: DECRETO DO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA N.º 46/2017 & DECRETO DO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA N.º 47/2017 , May 24, 2017 , accessed on November 11, 2018.
9. ↑ Tatoli: Lú-Olo Hili Tenente Koronel Maucalo ba Xefe Casa Militar , accessed on November 11, 2018.