José António Amorim Dias

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José António Amorim Dias (born June 15, 1963 in Lospalos , Portuguese Timor ) is an East Timorese diplomat. Until 2017 he was East Timor’s Ambassador to Malaysia .

Career

As a child, Dias witnessed the Indonesian invasion of Dili on December 7, 1975. His deeply religious Roman Catholic father Bartolomeu Dias , a sergeant in the Portuguese colonial army , had actually planned a career as a priest for him, but the Indonesian invasion brought the boy's life as he later explained in an interview, in a different direction. The father died in 1984 as a result of injuries sustained in the Indonesian attack. The son went into the East Timorese resistance.

In the mountains he was given the battle name "Joko", later in the underground in Jakarta he was called "Haksolok". In 1991, Dias was arrested and sent to Polda Prison for "activities that harm the security of Indonesia". At this time he was outwardly a priestly candidate, but at the same time a member of the Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste (RENETIL), the student resistance movement of the East Timorese in exile. Dias emphasizes, however, that he never wore uniform or weapons.

In 1992 Dias was released from prison. He went to Europe to continue his studies while continuing to work as an independence activist. Dias studied diplomacy in various institutions and became deputy representative of the Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense (CNRT) at the European Union .

On January 12th, 2004 Dias handed over his official accreditation as Permanent Representative of East Timor to the European Union to Romano Prodi . Based in Brussels , Dias was among other things ambassador for East Timor in Belgium and Germany . Dias held the office until 2008, when Marciano da Silva took over as deputy . Dias was appointed National Director of Protocol, Consular and Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009.

On March 15, 2012, Dias handed over his accreditation as East Timor’s Ambassador to Malaysia . Until 2016 he was also responsible for Myanmar . In 2017 Maria Olandina Isabel Caeiro Alves became East Timor's new ambassador to Malaysia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TIMOR-LESTE: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANT IN ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES 'EXECUTIVE COURSE , February 19, 2010 , on Wikileaks, accessed July 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Government of East Timor: Embaixadas de Timor-Leste , accessed on July 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b c New Straits Times: A LONG ROAD: From freedom fighter to priesthood candidate to envoy, Jose Antonio Amorim Dias' curriculum vitae is unusual , February 17, 2013 , accessed July 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ European Commission: Presentation of the credentials of the Heads of Mission to the EC to Romano Prodi, President of the EC , January 12, 2004 , accessed on July 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ Permanent Mission of East Timor to the European Union: About the Embassy , accessed on March 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Jornal da República : DESPACHO No. 023.11 / GM-DESP / 08/2008 , March 20, 2009 , accessed on July 7, 2016.
  7. ^ Deanery of the of the Diplomatic Corps Malaysia: Corps , accessed July 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ The President of East Timor's Facebook page: The President of the Republic Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, this Friday, 30 June, at Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace, swore in Maria Olandina Isabel Caeiro Alves as ambassador of Timor-Leste to Malaysia, replacing ambassador José Amorin . , accessed July 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Dias, José António Amorim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Lospalos , Portuguese Timor