João Câmara (diplomat)

João Camara (2016)

João Freitas da Câmara (born June 24, 1955 in Lepo , Portuguese Timor ) is an East Timorese diplomat. Since 2016 he has been East Timor's first ambassador based in Myanmar .

Career

Câmara was initially political assistant in the Indonesian sub-district administration of Same . In 1981 he received a scholarship from Atmajaya University in Jakarta . Here Câmara became an activist of the Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste (RENETIL), a student resistance movement of the East Timorese in exile against the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. In October 1986 he and other activists asked for political asylum at the Dutch embassy . There he received a Portuguese passport. After the Santa Cruz massacre in 1991, he organized a demonstration in front of the office of the representative of the United Nations in Jakarta on November 19 , the first of its kind in the Indonesian capital. Câmara was arrested and prosecuted and sentenced him to 13 years imprisonment for subversion . The sentence was then 10 years in prison. He was sent to Cipinang Prison in Jakarta. On December 23, 1999, Câmara was pardoned under a general amnesty.

In independent East Timor, Câmara was hired at the country's Foreign Ministry and headed the legal affairs and contracts department. From 2006 to 2008 he was Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor. From 2008 to 2012, Câmara was East Timor's first ambassador to Thailand . He then returned to East Timor and served as Director General for External Relations until 2014 and as Director General of the Asia and Pacific Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 2016. The appointment as ambassador to Myanmar by President Taur Matan Ruak took place on February 11, 2016, the accreditation took place on April 27, 2016.

Private

Câmara is married and has five children.

Web links

Commons : João Câmara - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Myanmar Foreign Ministry: Myanmar has agreed to the appointment of Mr. João Freitas de Câmara as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in succession to His Excellency Mr Jose Antonio Amorin Dias , December 9, 2015 , accessed July 9, 2016.
^ Government of East Timor: Embaixadas de Timor-Leste , accessed on July 6, 2016.
↑ "Part 3: The History of the Conflict" ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English) @1@ 2
^ The Straits Times: Prosecutor wants jail for E. Timor 'protest organizer , April 27, 1992 , accessed July 7, 2016.
↑ Ben Kiernan: Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial, and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor , pp. 187, 2008, ISBN 1412806690 , 9781412806695
^ Dwight Y. King: The White Book on the 1992 General Election in Indonesia , p. 57, 2010, ISBN 6028397180 , 9786028397186
^ Human Rights Watch: A Joint Human Rights Watch - Amnesty International report , June 1998 , accessed July 7, 2016.
↑ KEPUTUSAN PRESIDEN REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, NOMOR 173 TAHUN 1999, TENTANG, PEMBERIAN AMNESTI, PRESIDEN REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor , accessed December 1, 2003.
^ East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin: Ministers, Directors And Department Heads Accused Of Corruption Related Crimes , February 26, 2011 , accessed July 7, 2016.
^ Government of East Timor: Timor-Leste and Indonesia continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation , March 10, 2014 , accessed on July 7, 2016.
↑ The President of East Timor's Facebook page: Prezidente Repúblika Taur Matan Ruak fó pose ba Emabixadores , February 11, 2016 , accessed on February 16, 2016.
↑ Website of the President of Myanmar: President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of ambassadors of Sweden, Ireland, Timor-Leste , April 27, 2016 , accessed on July 13, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Câmara, João
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Câmara, João Freitas da (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	East Timorese diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lepo , Portuguese Timor

[mya-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Myanmar Foreign Ministry: Myanmar has agreed to the appointment of Mr. João Freitas de Câmara as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in succession to His Excellency Mr Jose Antonio Amorin Dias , December 9, 2015 , accessed July 9, 2016.

[gov-2] Government of East Timor: Embaixadas de Timor-Leste , accessed on July 6, 2016.

[CAVR3-3] "Part 3: The History of the Conflict" ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English) @1@ 2

[TST-4] The Straits Times: Prosecutor wants jail for E. Timor 'protest organizer , April 27, 1992 , accessed July 7, 2016.

[5] Ben Kiernan: Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial, and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor , pp. 187, 2008, ISBN 1412806690 , 9781412806695

[6] Dwight Y. King: The White Book on the 1992 General Election in Indonesia , p. 57, 2010, ISBN 6028397180 , 9786028397186

[7] Human Rights Watch: A Joint Human Rights Watch - Amnesty International report , June 1998 , accessed July 7, 2016.

[8] KEPUTUSAN PRESIDEN REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, NOMOR 173 TAHUN 1999, TENTANG, PEMBERIAN AMNESTI, PRESIDEN REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

[9] Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor , accessed December 1, 2003.

[10] East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin: Ministers, Directors And Department Heads Accused Of Corruption Related Crimes , February 26, 2011 , accessed July 7, 2016.

[11] Government of East Timor: Timor-Leste and Indonesia continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation , March 10, 2014 , accessed on July 7, 2016.

[FBpres-12] The President of East Timor's Facebook page: Prezidente Repúblika Taur Matan Ruak fó pose ba Emabixadores , February 11, 2016 , accessed on February 16, 2016.

[13] Website of the President of Myanmar: President U Htin Kyaw accepts credentials of ambassadors of Sweden, Ireland, Timor-Leste , April 27, 2016 , accessed on July 13, 2016.