Ma'huno Bulerek Karathayano

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Ma'huno Bulerek Karathayano (* 1949 ?, His Portuguese name is José António Gomes da Costa ) is a former commander of FALINTIL , the military arm of the resistance movement in East Timor against the Indonesian occupation between 1975 and 1999. Ma'huno is now a member of party National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT).

Life

Along with Xanana Gusmão, Ma'huno is one of the two survivors of the original central committee of FRETILIN , the dominant East Timorese party, during the end of the colonial period and the beginning of the Indonesian occupation. In the fight against the invaders, he was one of the leading participants in the Cabalaki uprising in 1982.

In 1987 Ma'Huno became secretary of the directive committee after Gusmão resigned from FRETILIN in order to be politically neutral and became president of the Conselho Nacional de Resistência Maupe CNRM , the umbrella organization of the Timorese resistance. In May 1990, Ma'huno became General Secretary of FRETILIN. Xanana Gusmão was captured by the Indonesians in November 1992. Ma'huno then took over the management of FALINTIL from him. During this time Ma'Huno met his future wife Maria Terezinha Viegas , but on April 5, 1993 he too was captured in Dili . Ma'huno succeeded Nino Konis Santana as commander . Ma'huno was relocated from place to place for 18 months before he was finally charged and officially arrested. In 1995 Ma'huno was released due to an amnesty. In 1996 he married Maria Terezinha Viegas. They have three children together.

In May 1998 Indonesia's dictator Suharto resigned and the way was cleared for a solution to the East Timor conflict. At the national special conference of FRETILIN from August 15 to 20, 1998 in Sydney Ma'huno was elected together with Marí Alkatiri as deputy general coordinator of the FRETILIN board. In 1999 Ma'huno ran a marble trade in Hera near Dili. He took over PT Marmer , which had gone bankrupt two years earlier and belonged to a daughter of Suharto. In November 1999, Ma'huno received a blow from which he was slow to recover. His wife had to look after him for several years while she continued her studies and political offices. For FRETILIN, he ran in the parliamentary elections in East Timor in 2001 at number 3 on the list, but did not take his seat in the Constituent Assembly .

In 2017, Ma'huno was elected deputy chairman of the CNRT at the party congress. In 2018 he received the Ordem de Timor-Leste for his services in the fight for independence against Indonesia.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Chapter 6: The Profile of Human Rights Violations in Timor-Leste, 1974 to 1999" (PDF; 456 kB) from the final report of the Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of East Timor (English)
  2. ↑ "Chapter 7.4: Arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment" (PDF; 2.5 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Government East Timor: Three Women of the National Council , in: Tais Timor, March 26 - April 8, 2001, UNTAET , accessed January 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ Electoral lists of all parties and list of independent candidates, August 2001 , accessed on April 27, 2020.
  5. ^ ETAN: List of elected representatives, September 9, 2001 , accessed on April 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Annemarie Devereux: Timor-Leste's Bill of Rights , Australian National University. 2015 , accessed April 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ Lusa: Xanana continua presidente do maior partido de Timor-Leste, Kalbuadi eleito secretário-geral , May 1, 2017 , accessed on May 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Diário de Notícias: Presidente timorense condecora 46 veteranos da luta contra a ocupação indonésia , November 26, 2018 , accessed on April 15, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Ma'huno Bulerek Karathayano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gomes da Costa, José António
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1949