Frederico Almeida Santos da Costa

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frederico Almeida Santos da Costa (* 1926 or 1927 in Lospalos , Portuguese Timor ) (also Frederico Almeida Santos Costa) is a former East Timorese rebel and politician .

Career

Costa was an employee of the colonial administration in Dili . As a participant in the Viqueque rebellion , he was arrested in 1959 and exiled to Angola until 1964 .

In 1974 Costa was one of the founders of APODETI , among whose ranks other rebels from 1959 could be found. The Indonesian- funded party sought to join the colony with the neighboring state.

During the turmoil of the civil war of 1975 , Costa was in command of the landing craft Loes , with which the last Portuguese governor, Mário Lemos Pires, crossed to the island of Atauro on August 27th to avoid the fighting in Dili. Costa was later captured by FRETILIN and was imprisoned in Comarca prison from October 20th . When the Indonesians landed in Dili on December 7, Costa and the other prisoners managed to break free. During the occupation, Costa worked at Indonesian customs. In the Santa Cruz massacre , which followed a demonstration against the Indonesian occupation, two of Costa's sons were killed or disappeared without a trace. Costa has not shaved or cut his hair since then.

In retirement, Costa became the last president of APODETI. He also represented the party from 1998 in the Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense (CNRT), the umbrella organization of all East Timorese parties. In the 1999 referendum, APODETI supported East Timor's autonomy solution within Indonesia, but the majority of voters clearly spoke out in favor of complete independence. In the election for the Constituent Assembly of East Timor in 2001 , Costa headed the list of APODETI. The party received only 0.60% of the vote and thus no seat in the assembly . After the referendum, Costa initiated a change in APODETI's policy. APODETI now supported the national unity, independence and sovereignty of East Timor, non-violence and the defense of democracy, tolerance and the socio-cultural values ​​of the East Timorese people. The APODETI later disbanded.

Costa is one of the founders and President of the Kristal Foundation , one of the largest Christian educational institutions in East Timor. It runs several schools and a university.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c UCA news: Timor-Leste students celebrate Independence Day in jail , May 23, 2016 , accessed on October 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Andrea Katalin Molnar: Timor Leste: Politics, History, and Culture , limited preview in the Google book search
  3. ↑ a b c d e Pat Walsh : East Timor's Political Parties and Groupings Briefing Notes , Australian Council for Overseas Aid 2001 , accessed September 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ernest Chamberlain: The 1959 Rebellion in East Timor: Unresolved Tensions and an Unwritten History , p. 202, accessed October 11, 2018.
  5. ^ Jean A. Berlie: East Timor's Independence, Indonesia and ASEAN. Springer, 2017, p. 6 restricted preview in the Google book search
  6. ↑ "Chapter 7.4 Arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment" (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  7. ^ Irena Cristalis : East Timor: A Nation's Bitter Dawn, p. 48, 2013, ISBN 9781848136533 .
  8. ^ Reports on election and lists of candidates
  9. ↑ Oliver P. Richmond: Liberal Peace Transitions , limited preview in the Google book search
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Frederico Almeida Santos da
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese rebel and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1926 or 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Lospalos , Portuguese Timor