Benjamim Cote-Real

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Benjamin Côrte-Real (2011)

Benjamim de Araújo e Côrte-Real (* 1961 ) is an East Timorese university professor and linguist.

Career

Côrte-Real attended the Colégio de São José from August 1979 to July 1984 and studied from August 1985 at the Christian University Satya Wacana ( Indonesian Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana , UKSW) in Salatiga on Java . In his dissertation he compared the phonology of English with the language of his homeland, Tetum .

Back in East Timor, he taught English at the Universitas Timor Timur (UNTIM) until he went to Australia in July 1992 to do his Masters in Linguistics. This was followed by a PhD in Linguistics from Macquarie University . His dissertation from 1998 was entitled " Mambai and its verbal art genres - A cultural reflection of Suro - Ainaro , East Timor". After a brief return to UNTIM, Côrte-Real returned to Macquarie University in March 1999 as a research fellow.

Benjamim Côrte-Real as Rector of the UNTL (2006)

His final homecoming was delayed by the crisis in East Timor in 1999 , which would eventually lead the country towards independence. While the United Nations was still in the interim administration for East Timor , he returned to the state capital Dili in March 2000 . In November he became a member of the East Timorese National Institute for Linguistics (Instituto Nacional de Linguística INL) of the Universidade Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e (UNTL), the former UNTIM. In July 2001 Côrte-Real was appointed director of the institute and on 19 September 2001 by the President of East Timor as the new rector of the university. On December 1, 2010, Côrte-Real was replaced by Aurélio Guterres as rector, but he retained the office of director of the institute.

From May 17, 2005 to 2012, Côrte-Real was a member of the East Timor Council of State .

From January 2003 to 2014 Côrte-Real was President of the National Executive Council of the Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste (CVTL), the East Timorese Red Cross. From 2002 to 2005 he was assistant to the vice-president of the Fédération Internationale de Langues et Littératures Modernes (FILIM).

Awards

Web links

Commons : Benjamim Côrte-Real  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e UNTL: Biodata Reitór UNTL Benjamim de Araújo e Côrte-Real Nian , accessed on March 2, 2017.
  2. Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste: Uma Lulik, Futuro da Tradição , accessed on March 2, 2017.
  3. UNMIT: Governance of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Accountability Mechanism of Key Institutions , Second Edition, December 2011. ( Memento from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.2 MB)
  4. Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste 5-Year Report 2010-2014 , accessed on March 2, 2017.
  5. Decreto do Presidente da República n ° 25/2014 de 27 de Agosto , accessed on September 18, 2019.