Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo

Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo (born May 14, 1913 in Ainaro , Portuguese Timor , † January 24, 1988 in Dili , East Timor ) was a politician in East Timor and a member of the APODETI party . It was founded on May 27, 1974 with the support of Indonesia to connect the colony of Portuguese Timor to the neighboring country.

Life

From February 1946 to April 25, 1974 according to some sources, Araújo served a prison term for collaborating with the Japanese during the occupation between 1942 and 1945 . Other sources state that Araújo was the leader of the Timorese Colunas Negras ( the black pillars ) who fought on the side of the Japanese against Allied soldiers and killed Timorese and Portuguese in the process. He is also said to have been a catequista , a religious teacher, during this period . After nine years of exile in Atauro , he returned to Dili as a teacher and later owned a large herd of cattle in Zumalai on the south coast of the island. José Ramos-Horta states in his book that Araújo was the only Timorese who received a prison sentence for war crimes in World War II.

After his release from prison, Araújo became president of the newly formed APODETI party. The chief strategist, however, was its general secretary, José Fernando Osório Soares , who was previously with the ASDT .

In August 1975 the UDT attempted to take power in the Portuguese Timor colony with a coup. The left-wing FRETILIN was able to prevail in the short civil war and take control. Due to the Indonesian threat, FRETILIN unilaterally proclaimed independence from Portugal on November 28, 1975 .

On December 7, 1975, Indonesia began a large-scale invasion of East Timor. On the same day, Araújo was freed from a FRETILIN prison in the capital Dili by Indonesian soldiers . The next day he gave a radio address to the East Timorese in Kupang, West Timor. On December 17, Araújo became President of the Provisional Government of East Timor (PGET), a puppet government under Indonesian leadership made up of APODETI and UDT members. Araújo held this office until July 17, 1976, when East Timor was officially incorporated into Indonesia as the 27th province of Timor Timur . On August 4th, Araújo was appointed governor of Timor Timur. But he lost his post in 1978 after publicly criticizing Indonesia. He was succeeded by Guilherme Gonçalves .

Araújo later lived in Jakarta for a while .

Others

Araújo's daughter married Domingos Soares , who lost in 1997 to José Abílio Osório Soares as a candidate for governor of Timor Timur. In 1999 Domingos Soares acted as head of an umbrella organization for several pro-Indonesian militias .

The future militiaman, Câncio de Carvalho, lived with Araújo's family in Jakarta for a while in his youth.

See also

• History of East Timor

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Rebellion, defeat and exile, the 1959 uprising in East Timor , p. 4, 78, f. 15, 16, 386
2. ↑ World Statesmen: Timor-Leste (East Timor) , accessed February 16, 2014
3. ^ History and Politics: 2. b. Portuguese contact and historical experience - Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University
4. ↑ José Ramos-Horta: Funu - East Timor's fight for freedom is not over! Ahriman, Freiburg 1997. ISBN 3-89484-556-2
5. ↑ Chapter 3 History of the conflict ( Memento of the original dated July 7, 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. (PDF; 1.4 MB) of the CAVR investigation commission from 2006  
6. ^ Timor Archives, Invasion 1975 - Photographs
7. ^ Schwarz, A. (1994): A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s. Westview Press. ISBN 1-86373-635-2 .
8. ↑ Chapter 4 Regime of Occupation ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2012 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. (PDF; 563 kB) of the CAVR investigation commission from 2006  
9. ↑ ^{a b} Master of Terror: Cancio Lopes de Carvalho ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 28, 2018. 
10. ↑ Masters of Terror: Domingos Maria das Dores Soares ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 27, 2017.