List of East Timorese ambassadors to China

The People's Republic of China and East Timor

This is the list of the East Timorese ambassadors to the People's Republic of China .

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The People's Republic of China was one of twelve states that recognized the Democratic Republic of East Timor, which was proclaimed on November 28, 1975 . China also supported East Timor against the Indonesian occupation that followed just nine days after independence was declared. After East Timor regained its independence on May 20, 2002, the People's Republic was the first state to recognize the new country. East Timor has an indigenous Chinese minority. In addition, several thousand citizens of the People's Republic work in East Timor. The East Timorese in China are mostly students.

In December 2004 Leonor Cardoso Mendes Mota opened the new East Timorese embassy in Beijing . It is located in the 203B Dong Wai Diplomatic Office Building, Chao Yang District.

East Timorese Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
East Timor
Leonor Cardoso Mendes Mota		2004-2005	Charge d'affairs
Olímpio Miranda Branco		September 8, 2005-2011
Vicky Fun Ha Tchong		February 15, 2011–2015	Appointment: November 26, 2010; Accreditation : February 15, 2011
Bendito Freitas		2016-2020	Appointment: November 19, 2015; Accreditation: February 29, 2016.
Abrão dos Santos		from 2020	Appointment: January 28, 2020

See also

• History of the Chinese in Timor

Web links

• Website of the Embassy of East Timor in the People's Republic of China (English)
• Loro Horta : Timor-Leste - The Dragon's Newest Friend , 2009 (PDF file; 100 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frédéric Durand: Three centuries of violence and struggle in East Timor (1726-2008). (PDF; 243 kB) Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, (online), June 7, 2011, accessed on May 28, 2012, ISSN  1961-9898
2. ↑ Loro Horta : Timor-Leste - The Dragon's Newest Friend , 2009 (PDF file; 100 kB)
3. ↑ Website of the East Timorese Embassy in China: About the embassy ( Memento of the original from April 21, 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. , accessed February 24, 2015. 
4. ↑ Website of the President of East Timor: Timor-Leste's Embassies in abroad ( Memento of the original from August 18, 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. , accessed July 16, 2016. 
5. ↑ The President of East Timor's Facebook page: Prezidente Repúblika Taur Matan Ruak fó pose ba Emabixadores , November 19, 2015 , accessed on April 13, 2016
6. ↑ SAPO: Oito novos embaixadores timorenses, incluindo em Lisboa, tomam posse este mês , January 17, 2020 , accessed on January 18, 2020.