Eusébio Salsinha

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Eusébio Salsinha

Eusébio Salsinha (born January 25, 1962 ), battle name São Tomé , is a former East Timorese independence activist and later an official in the Ministry of the Interior . He comes from Ermera .

Salsinha participated in the resistance against the Indonesian invaders. From April 12 to April 19, 1991, he hid Xanana Gusmão , the FALINTIL commander, in his home in Hatuleta .

In independent East Timor, Salsinha became Chief of Staff to Interior Minister Rogério Lobato . As a result of the unrest in East Timor in 2006 , allegations arose that Lobato had armed civilians on behalf of Prime Minister Alkatiri in order to take action against political opponents. At the end of 2006, Salsinha was tried along with Lobato and two other accused. During the trial, Salsinha testified that he had received instructions from Lobato to bring HK 33 rifles to the group so that they could assist the police against the petitioners. Marcos Piedade (Labadain) , the leader of the group, had experience with heavy weapons as an ex-guerrilla. Lobato was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for manslaughter and the illegal transfer of weapons. There is no information about a conviction of Salsinha.

On November 28, 2016, Salsinha was awarded the Medal des Ordem de Timor-Leste .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c President of East Timor: LISTA NARAN KONDEKORADUS MEDALLA “ORDEM DE TIMOR-LESTE” BA SIDADAUN NASIONAL SIRA NE'EBE SUBAR GERILEIRUS IHA TEMPU OKUPASAUN , 7 December 2016 , accessed on 5 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Prime Minister East Timor: PRIMEIRU-MINISTRU TAUR MATAN RUAK PRESTA OMENAJEN BA SAUDOZU TATAMOU , March 2, 2020 , accessed on March 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b UNMIT Daily Media Review 23 January 2007: Weapons Handed Distributed To Strengthen PNTL: Salsinha , accessed March 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ Liz Jackson: Alkatiri alleged to have recruited armed group , ABC, June 8, 2006 .
  5. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald: Trial of ex-Timor minister postponed , December 1, 2006 , accessed March 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ Reuters, February 15, 2007, Prosecutors seek 7 years jail for Timor ex-minister
personal data
SURNAME Salsinha, Eusebio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES São Tomé (battle name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese freedom fighter and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1962