Eduardo Ximenes

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Eduardo Ximenes ( fighting name : Maliex ) was an East Timorese politician from FRETILIN .

In 1975 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in the first cabinet of the state of East Timor, which was proclaimed on November 28th. Ximenes was killed in the fight against the Indonesians , who openly began to invade the neighboring country on December 7th. Posthumously he received the Ordem Funu Nain and the regional hospital in Baucau was named "Hospital Regional Eduardo Ximenes".

Individual evidence

  1. a b Jornal da República : Decreto do Presidente da República Número 56/2006 de 5 de December 2006 - Condecorações a atribuir aos Combatentes da Libertação Nacional a 7 de December 2006 , accessed on February 1, 2017.
  2. ^ A b Government of East Timor: Ministry of Health inaugurates the Regional Hospital of Baucau , January 25, 2017 , accessed February 1, 2017.