Guido Diamantino Soares
Guido Diamantino Soares was an East Timorese politician and freedom fighter.
During the Portuguese colonial era, Soares was a lieutenant in the Portuguese army and received military training in Portugal.
Soares was a member of the central committee of FRETILIN , which proclaimed the independence of East Timor on November 28, 1975 . In the government cabinet he was appointed, alongside Hermenegildo Alves , as deputy deputy minister for defense and also sub-chief of the general staff of the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (Estado Maior das FALINTIL) . In 1977 the Ministry of Defense was dissolved and Soares was instead appointed Sector Commander (COMSEC) of the Central-South Sector. and second national commandant of the Brigada de Choque . Soares was killed while fighting the Indonesians.
In 2006 Alves was posthumously awarded the Ordem de Dom Boaventura .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Antero Beneditoda Silva: FRETILIN Popular Education 1973-1978 and its Relevance to Timor-Leste Today , p. 196 , 2011, accessed on August 9, 2019.
- ↑ a b "Part 5: The History of the Conflict" (PDF; 564 kB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
- ↑ a b c Jornal da República : Edition of December 20, 2006 , accessed on March 22, 2018.
- ↑ Fretilin: Electoral Commitment , 2001 , accessed on 9 August of 2019.
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| SURNAME | Soares, Guido Diamantino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soares, Guido (short form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Timorese politician and freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |
| Place of death | East Timor |