Ovídio Amaral

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Ovídio de Jesus Amaral (born March 29, 1958 in Luca , Portuguese Timor , † April 27, 2014 in Rome , Italy ) is a politician from East Timor . He has an engineering degree.

Under the administration of the United Nations , Amaral worked in the State Office for Infrastructure of the First Transitional Government of East Timor . On July 16, 2001, Amaral became a member of the FRETILIN party, Minister of Transport and Communication in the Second Transitional Government , replacing João Carrascalão , who wanted to lead his party, the UDT, in the upcoming parliamentary elections . After the elections, the first East Timorese government was formed under Marí Alkatiri , which also led the country to independence in 2002. Amaral kept his ministerial post here.

In 2006 there was serious unrest in East Timor . On June 25, in protest against Prime Minister Alkatiri Ovídio Amaral, Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta and Deputy Health Minister Luís Maria Lobato resigned. Inácio Moreira became the new Minister for Transport and Communication .

From 2007 to 2009 Amaral was East Timor’s Ambassador to Indonesia . From 2009 to 2011 he was CEO of Timor Telecom . On February 24, 2014, Amaral became ambassador for East Timor to the Holy See , but died of a cerebral haemorrhage on April 27 in the Gemelli Clinic . He left a widow and two sons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Message of condolence from the President of East Timor
  2. ^ Website of the government of Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste: THE CABINET MINISTERS ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ UNTAET: SECOND TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF EAST TIMOR
  4. ↑ United Nations: Three cabinet members step down to stand as candidates , July 16, 2001
  5. ↑ Website of the government of Timor-Leste: II UNTAET Transitional Government (English)
  6. ^ Website of the government of Timor-Leste: I Constitutional Government (English)
  7. ^ Website of the government of Timor-Leste: II Constitutional Government (English)
  8. ↑ Jakarta Globe: East Timor Appoints New Ambassador , February 1, 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013 ; accessed on February 5, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Timor Telecom: Governing Bodies ( Memento from May 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Amaral, Ovídio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amaral, Ovídio de Jesus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Luca , Viqueque, Portuguese Timor
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2014
Place of death Rome , Italy