Marina Ribeiro Alkatiri

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Marina Ribeiro Alkatiri is an East Timorese diplomat. Until 2014 she was East Timor’s Ambassador to Mozambique .

family

Alkatiri is the wife of Marí Alkatiri ( Prime Minister East Timor 2002–2006 and 2017–2018). Together they have a daughter ( Nurima Ribeiro Alkatiri ) and two younger sons.

Career

Alkatiri was one of the residents of the Casa dos Timores in Lisbon . During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999) she lived with her husband in Maputo . Mozambique supported East Timor and the left-wing FRETILIN in their quest for independence for the former Portuguese colony. Mozambique was one of the few states that had already recognized the 1975 declaration of independence. Numerous East Timorese dissidents found refuge in the East African country.

In 2002, East Timor was given independence after three years of interim administration by the United Nations . Mozambique was the first country in Africa in which the Southeast Asian state set up an official embassy. It was opened on April 13, 2004 by East Timor's Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta. Marina Ribeiro Alkatiri was initially Interim Ambassador for East Timor, until she received her official appointment on April 14, 2009 and official accreditation on June 24. The business of the embassy was initially carried out from the Alkatiris' private home. Alkatiri was also accredited for the Republic of South Africa .

In 2014, Alkatiri was replaced by Caetano Guterres as ambassador to Mozambique. The ambassadorial post in South Africa initially remained vacant.

Individual evidence

  1. Timor Agora: Nurima Alkatiri: “Ha'u-nia Mehi atu Kontribui…” , October 2, 2017 , accessed on October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Antero Bendito da Silva, Robert Boughton , Rebecca Spence: FRETILIN Popular Education 1973-1978 and its Relevance to Timor-Leste Today , University of New England, 2012, accessed June 5, 2019.
  3. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / presidenciarepublica.tl
  4. IPPF: Timor-Leste abre primeira embaixada africana em Maputo , April 14, 2004 , accessed on July 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Department International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa: Foreign Representatives in South Africa , accessed July 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Government of East Timor: Embaixadas de Timor-Leste , accessed on July 6, 2016.