Ernesto Fernandes

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Ernesto Fernandes

Ernesto Fernandes (born June 18, 1945 in Hatulia , Ermera , Portuguese Timor ), fighting name Dudu ( German  shock ), is a politician and former freedom fighter from East Timor . Carvalho is a member of the Partido Democrático (PD) .

Career

In the liberation struggle against the Indonesian occupation , Fernandes was in command of a unit of the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (FALINTIL). He was president of the organizing committee for the erection of the memorial to the Aifu massacre , the foundation stone of which was laid on April 7, 2016 in Poetete .

Fernandes, as chairman of the PD in Ermera, made it to fourth place on the list and entered the East Timorese national parliament in the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2017 . Here he was a member of the Commission for Health, Education, Culture, Veterans and Gender Equality (Commission F) and a deputy member of the Administrative Council of Parliament. Since the minority government of FRETILIN and PD could not prevail in parliament, President Francisco Guterres dissolved it and called for new elections. In the new election on May 12, 2018 , Fernandes was able to return to fourth place on the PD list and once again entered parliament, where the PD now belongs to the opposition. He is now a member of the Parliamentary Commission on Education, Health, Social Security and Gender Equality (Commission F).

Award

In 2015 Fernandes, representing the members of the group who hid the independence leader Xanana Gusmão in his home in Lulilau (Suco Humboe ) in 1991 , received the Ordem de Timor-Leste . All group members collectively bear the award.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Parliament of East Timor: Ernesto Fernandes "DUDU" , accessed on July 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ Alex Soares Photography: Commandante Dudu , accessed January 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Partido Democrático: Veteranus Munisipiu Ermera Prontu Lori 'DUDU' Ba PN , July 7, 2017 , accessed on January 10, 2018.
  4. ^ Government of East Timor: Government builds Reconciliation Monument of Aifu's massacre , April 8, 2016 , accessed January 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Forum Haksesuk: Konsolidasaun Estrutura PD iha Munisipiu Ermera , accessed on January 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ La'o Hamutuk: Who will be in Timor-Leste's next Parliament? / Se sei tuir iha Parlamentu Nasionál? , July 23, 2017 , accessed July 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ National Parliament of East Timor: Comisaun ( Memento from November 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin: National Parliament elects the members of the Council of Administration , September 2017 , accessed January 11, 2018.
  9. ^ Election lists for the 2018 parliamentary elections
  10. ↑ Jornal da República: DECRETO DO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA Nº. 72/2015 de 19 de Novembro , accessed April 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Fernandes, Ernesto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dudu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese politician and freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Hatulia , Ermera , Portuguese Timor