List of East Timorese ambassadors in New Zealand
This is the list of East Timorese ambassadors to New Zealand . Until 2014, the East Timorese ambassador to Australia was jointly responsible for New Zealand . The embassy is located at Craigs Investment House, Level 8, 36 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .
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New Zealand and East Timor are on friendly terms.
New Zealand was one of the main contributors to the various UN missions to stabilize East Timor from 1999 to 2012.
From May 1, 2014, Cristiano da Costa was the first East Timorese ambassador to Wellington . The East Timorese Ambassador to Australia was previously responsible for New Zealand.
List of ambassadors
image | Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
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East Timor | |||
Jorge da Conceição Teme | May 29, 2003 - August 2005 | First Ambassador of East Timor to Australia and New Zealand | |
Hernâni Coelho | March 9, 2006 - November 2009 | ||
Abel Guterres | May 18, 2010-2014 | ||
Cristiano da Costa | 2014-2019 | since May 1, 2014; First East Timorese ambassador based in Wellington | |
Lisualdo Gaspar | since 2019 | Appointment: August 13, 2019; Accreditation: November 12, 2019 |
See also
Web links
Commons : Relations between New Zealand and East Timor - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ New Zealand Ministery of Foreign Affairs & Trade: Timor-Leste , accessed December 29, 2017.
- ↑ a b Scoop Politics: New envoys to present their credentials , April 30, 2014 , accessed June 23, 2015.
- ^ President of East Timor: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC DOES NOT WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF THE NEW AMBASSADORS BEING SWORN IN , September 21, 2019 , accessed on September 21, 2019.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor: Embaixadór TL Aprezenta Karta Kredensiál ba S E. Sra. Governadora-Jerál Nova Zelandia , November 12, 2019 , accessed December 26, 2019.