Manuel Cárceres da Costa

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Manuel Cárceres da Costa (2019)

Manuel Cárceres da Costa (* Laclo , Manatuto , Portuguese Timor ) is an East Timorese politician and writer.

Career

Costa is the son of a Catholic family of teachers. After primary school in Laclo, he attended the Colégio de Bispo de Medeiros in Dili and the seminary in Dili . However, Costa did not follow his parents' dream of becoming a priest. He left the seminar and went to the Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado . In 1978, as a FRETILIN member , he witnessed the destruction of the East Timorese resistance base in Laclo by the Indonesians .

From 1980 to 1981 he attended the Colégio de São José . From 1995 to 1999 he completed a degree in public administration. After the Indonesians left, Costa worked for the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor (UNTAET) and became the UNHCR's representative in East Timor for eight years .

In the 2001 Constituent Assembly elections , Costa ran as an independent candidate to become a direct representative for the Manatuto district . But he received only 838 votes (5.4%).

From 2006 to 2010 Costa studied law with a focus on criminal law at the Universidade da Paz (UNPAZ). In February 2009, Costa became a consultant at Timor Telecom and three months later Director for Institutional Relations until 2018.

Costa was sworn in as Minister of Justice of the Eighth Constitutional Government of East Timor under Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak on June 22, 2018 .

Publications

In addition to his autobiographical book 26 anos, um testemunho (Dili 2010, 2nd edition 2013) about the East Timorese struggle for freedom, Costa wrote various poems on the same topic. Costa speaks Tetum , Portuguese , Bahasa Indonesia and English .

Web links

Commons : Manuel Cárceres da Costa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e SAPO: Mini Biografia Manuel Cárceres , November 27, 2014 , accessed on June 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Part 5: The History of the Conflict" (PDF; 564 kB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  3. ↑ Jakarta Post: E. Timor accedes to demands by former militia commander , June 17, 2002 , accessed June 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Tempo Timor: East Timor Justice of Minister Cáceres Interview Part I: I am here to work, not just to add minister's position number, May 14, 2019 , accessed on May 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION OF AUGUST 30, 2001 , accessed June 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ SAPO: Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli , June 22, 2018 , accessed on June 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Manuel Cárceres there
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese politician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Laclo , Manatuto , Portuguese Timor