Olímpio Branco

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Olímpio Branco (2019)

Olímpio Maria Alves Gomes Miranda Branco is an East Timorese independence activist, politician and diplomat.

Career

Branco was one of the residents of the Casa dos Timores in Lisbon . In 1974 he was one of the first members of the Associação Social Democrática Timorense (ASDT), which was renamed FRETILIN a few months later .

Shortly afterwards Indonesia invaded East Timor and the FRETILIN went into armed struggle against the invaders. Part of the FRETILIN leadership went into exile overseas. Branco became Vice-Representative of FRETILIN in Europe and spokesman for the party in Lisbon .

In 1999 Indonesia withdrew from East Timor and after three years of administration by the United Nations , the country was given independence again. FRETILIN received an absolute majority in the national parliament and constituted the government. Branco became Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2002 the previous Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation José Luís Guterres left the cabinet in order to become East Timor’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations the following year . Branco became the new deputy foreign minister.

At the end of 2005 Branco Leonor Cardoso replaced Mendes Mota as East Timor's ambassador in China . In 2011 he gave up the post in the People's Republic of China to Vicky Tchong and in 2012 he became East Timor’s Ambassador to Cuba , succeeding Egídio de Jesus . Branco kept the office until he was replaced by Loro Horta in 2016 .

In 2019 Branco was sworn in as the new ambassador to Brazil .

Honors

On May 19, 2012 Branco was awarded the Insígnia des Ordem de Timor-Leste .

Web links

Commons : Olímpio Branco  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Photo from Timor Archives on Picasa: A June 1974 delegation of some of the founding members of ASDT / Fretilin visiting the widow of Dom Boaventura, the leader of the nationalist rebellion against Portugal in 1912. ( Memento from April 21, 2016 on the Internet Archives ), accessed April 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Resolução 03/93: Resolução do Conselho Central da Delegação Externa da FRETILIN deliberando atribuir a Chefia da DEF aos quatro mandatários da CDF e as funções de Representante e Vice-Representante da FRETILIN a Roque Rodrigues ea Olimpio Branco , accessed on April 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald: Head of UN and Fretilin leader may hold talks , December 5, 1985 , accessed April 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b Direcção Relações Públicas, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação: THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL FOR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION , accessed on April 21, 2016.
  6. ^ World Bank: Participation List , March 12, 2003 , accessed April 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Website of the government of Timor-Leste: I Constitutional Government (English)
  8. ↑ a b Website of the East Timorese Embassy in China: About the embassy ( Memento of the original from April 21, 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 February 24, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.embtimorleste-beijing.com
  9. ↑ Wikileaks: RAMOS-HORTA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN NEW FRETILIN GOVERNMENT , July 10, 2006 , accessed on April 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ José Ramos-Horta's YouTube channel : Timorese Ambassador for Cuba.m4v , accessed on April 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Website of the East Timorese government: Timor-Leste Embassies , accessed on April 21, 2016.
  12. ↑ The President of East Timor's Facebook page: Prezidente Repúblika Taur Matan Ruak fó pose ba Emabixadores , February 11, 2016 , accessed on February 16, 2016.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ↑ Jornal da República: Decreto do Presidente da República nº 48/2012 de 19 de Maio , accessed on April 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Branco, Olímpio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Branco, Olímpio Maria Alves Gomes Miranda; Branco, Olímpio Miranda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century