Julião Quintão

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Julião Quintão (born June 5, 1950 ), battle name Barabasa , is an East Timorese independence activist.

Quintão was a supporter of the resistance during the Indonesian occupation. In 1989 he hid Mau Hodu , one of the leading men of the Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor-Leste (FALINTIL), and other guerrillas in his garden in the Aldeia Siralari ( Suco Caraubalo ) for two weeks . Quintão also relayed news and provided medical care to the fighters. In 2016 he was awarded the Medal des Ordem de Timor-Leste for his services .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b President of East Timor: LISTA NARAN KONDEKORADUS MEDALLA “ORDEM DE TIMOR-LESTE” BA SIDADAUN NASIONAL SIRA NE'EBE SUBAR GERILEIRUS IHA TEMPU OKUPASAUN , December 7, 2016 , accessed on March 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal da República: DECRETO DO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA Nº 48/2016 de 23 de Novembro , accessed on March 31, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Quintão, Julião
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barabasa (battle name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese independence activist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5th 1950