Moisés da Costa Amaral
Moisés da Costa Amaral (born May 19, 1938 in Fahinehan , Fatuberlio administrative office , Manufahi municipality , Portuguese Timor ; † February 22, 1989 ) was an East Timorese politician of the União Democrática Timorense (UDT).
Political activity
From 1975 until his death in 1989 Amaral was President of the Political Commission of the UDT.
On March 31, 1986, Amaral agreed with the left-wing FRETILIN and other East Timorese parties to form the National Timorese Convergence (Convergencia Nacional Timorense CNT) to work against the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. On August 12, 1988, Amaral was allowed to speak before the United Nations as a member of a CNT delegation for East Timor's right to self-determination. Other members of the delegation were the apostolic administrator Dilis Martinho da Costa Lopes , Roque Rodrigues (FRETILIN) and João Viegas Carrascalão (UDT).
Moisés da Costa Amaral was married and had one child.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timor-Leste Memória: Declaração de Moisés do Amaral, presidente da Comissão Política da UDT (PDF; 814 kB)
- ↑ Timor-Leste (Memória): Documentos da formação da Convergência Timorense em Lisboa, entre a FRETILIN (Abílio Araújo) ea UDT (Moisés do Amaral)
- ^ The Special Committee on decolonization on the morning of 12 August considered the question of Gibraltar and East Timor. ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2010 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.
- ^ Revista do Jornal Expresso de December 1989
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amaral, Moisés da Costa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Timorese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fahinehan , East Timor |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1989 |