Inês Maria de Almeida

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Almeida on her appointment as ambassador (2020)

Inês Maria de Almeida (born January 21, 1963 in Dili , Portuguese Timor ) is an East Timorese independence activist and diplomat.

Career

Inês Maria de Almeida hands over her accreditation to David Hurley (2020)

When the civil war broke out in East Timor in August 1975 , Almeida and her family fled to Australia . From 1979 she worked as an activist for the independence of East Timor from Indonesia and at cultural events in the Timor-Leste's Cultural Center (CCTL). In 1989 she was Vice-Coordinator of the FRETILIN Committee Sydney (KFS). In 1992 Almeida and other Timorese people founded the East Timor Relief Association (ETRA), a non-governmental organization based in Sydney, which provided information about the East Timorese liberation struggle on the radio, in print, and through contacts with military groups in order to obtain logistical and financial support for the armed struggle . She also took part in all intra-Timorese dialogues in Austria (1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998), as well as in the Timorese National Convention in Peniche , Portugal in 1998, as a member of the CNRM . Almeida was also a participant in international conferences on the East Timor conflict, for example in Nairobi (1985), Vanuatu (1987), New Zealand (1990), Manila (1994), Japan (1994), South Korea (1995), Beijing (1995) and Canada (1997) ).

After East Timor regained independence, Almeida worked as a consultant for two ministries. In the Centro Nasional Chega (CNC) founded in 2016, Almeida was chairwoman of the supervisory board until January 2020. In mid-2019 she was proposed by the government as the new East Timorese ambassador to Australia , but the official appointment did not take place until January 28, 2020. On February 19, 2020, Almeida in Canberra handed over its accreditation to David Hurley .

Awards

Almeida received the Order of Vanuatu in 2009 for their commitment to "liberate their people".

Publications

Web links

Commons : Inês Maria de Almeida  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Centro Nasional Chega: Inês Maria de Almeida , accessed in cache, January 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c President of East Timor: BRIEF REMARKS BY HE THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC Dr. FRANCISCO GUTERRES LÚ OLO AT THE SWEARING-IN OF THE NEW TIMORESE AMBASSADORS ON JANUARY 28, 2020 , January 29, 2020 , accessed on February 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pat Walsh : Growing Flowers in a Prison: Timor-Leste's new hub of post-conflict best practice , March 12, 2018 , accessed on January 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ Tempo Timor: "Curse" divides power into the family, transmitted to PM Taur , June 9, 2019 , accessed on January 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ SAPO: Oito novos embaixadores timorenses, incluindo em Lisboa, tomam posse este mês , January 17, 2020 , accessed on January 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ Embassy of East Timor in Australia: On February 19, 2020, Her Excellency Inês Maria de Almeida presented her official credentials to Australia's Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honorable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd). , February 19, 2020 , accessed on February 22, 2020.
predecessor Office successor
Abel Guterres Ambassador of East Timor to Australia
since 2020 		-
personal data
SURNAME Almeida, Inês Maria de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almeida, Inês (short form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Dili , Portuguese Timor