Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata

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Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata (born August 24, 1919 in Estarreja , † April 25, 2003 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese officer, colonial administrator and politician.

Act

Barata completed an artillery course at the Army School in 1938 and then a weapons engineering course at the Escuela Politécnica del Ejercito in Madrid . From 1942 he was a lieutenant in the artillery. From January 1956 Barata worked in the National Small Arms Ammunition Factory, but in February 1959 he was offered the opportunity to become the new governor of Portuguese Timor . On June 22, 1959, Major Barata arrived in the colonial capital Dili and took over the official duties of Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Albuquerque Gonçalves de Aguiar , the governor appointed by the government ( Portuguese encarregado do governo ). The last governor, César Maria de Serpa Rosa , had already given up his post the previous year. Just four days before Barata's arrival, the Viqueque rebellion had been put down. From 1961 to 1963 Barata was also commander in chief of the armed forces of the colony. On April 9, 1961, the Bureau de Luta pela Libertação de Timor (BLLT) attempted an uprising against the Portuguese in Batugade , but failed. Under Barata, the port and the electricity and water supplies that had been destroyed in World War II were restored . Schools, the hospital and bridges were also rebuilt. Barata's tenure in Timor ended on February 3, 1963. He was followed by Brigadier General Francisco António Pires Barata as "government commissioned" governor until the arrival of the new incumbent José Alberty Correia that same year.

From 1965 to 1974 Barata was the representative for Timor in the overseas council. In 1969 he represented the government at Cabinda Gulf Oil and in 1971 he was administrator at Explosivos da Trafaria . In the X. (1969–1973) and XI. Legislative period (1973–1974) of the Portuguese parliament Batara was a member of the Portuguese Timor. In the Xth period he was a member of the Commissions for Defense and Overseas Affairs, in the XI. Barata was third vice president. It was the last few years of the Portuguese dictatorship, the Estado Novo .

After the Carnation Revolution , Barata was from 1976 to 1981 chairman of the board of directors of the Fabris Army Company and advisor to the Institute for National Defense. From 1981 to 1984 he was President of the Indústrias Nacionais de Defesa ( German  National Defense Industry , INDEP) and finally from 1986 to 1989 President of Explosivos da Trafaria .

family

Barata was the son of José Marques Pereira Barata and Maria dos Prazeres da Silveira Brandão Freire Themudo de Ver . With his wife Maria Lígia de Figueiredo Picanço de Leão Miranda he had five children.

Awards

Barata received on June 5, 1962 the Knightly Order of Avis and on June 29, 1963, with the rank of Colonel of Engineers, the Order of Infante Dom Henrique with the level of Grand Officer.

Publications

  • Barata, FT: Timor contemporâneo: Da primeira ameaça da Indonésia ao nascer de uma naçao , Equilíbrio Editorial, Lisbon 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Website of the Portuguese Parliament: Filipe José Freire Temudo Barata , accessed on November 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Barata, FT: Timor contemporâneo: Da primeira ameaça da Indonésia ao nascer de uma naçao , p. 15, Equilíbrio Editorial, Lisbon 1998.
  3. ↑ Coronel Themudo Barata, Governador de Timor, 1959-1963 in: Os Últimos Governor's do Império , pp 294-298, Edições Inapa, Lisbon 1994th
  4. ^ A b Ernest Chamberlain: Rebellion, Defeat and Exile - The 1959 Uprise in East Timor , 2009, revisid second edition , accessed November 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ Monika Schlicher: Portugal in East Timor. A critical examination of the Portuguese colonial history in East Timor from 1850 to 1912. (Abera Network Asia-Pacific 4). Abera, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-931567-08-7 . (At the same time: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1994)
  6. ↑ Diários da República: Resolução 112/81, de 30 de Maio , accessed on November 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ Medal bearer on the side of the Portuguese President
predecessor Office successor
Manuel Albuquerque Gonçalves de Aguiar Governor of Portuguese Timor
June 22, 1959 - February 3, 1963 		Francisco António Pires Barata
personal data
SURNAME Barata, Filipe José Freire Temudo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barata, Filipe José Freire Themudo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese officer, colonial administrator and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Estarreja
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 2003
Place of death Lisbon