Vidal de Jesus

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Vidal de Jesus (born May 5, 1952 in Same in Portuguese Timor ), battle name Comandante Riak Leman , is a politician from East Timor . He is a member of the Partido Social Democrata (PSD) . He comes from the western part of the country ( Loro Munu ) and is President of the Conselho dos Combatentes Libertação Nacional CCLN ( German  Council of Veterans of National Liberation )

Career

Riak Leman in his home in Betano (2018)

Jesus attended school through fourth grade. During the Indonesian occupation he fought against the invaders and from 1998 was secretary of the Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense (CNRT) in Region 4 ( Ermera , Liquiçá , Bobonaro and Cova Lima ). For this, Jesus received the Ordem da Guerrilha in 2006 and the Ordem de Timor-Leste in 2018 .

Jesus already became a member of the PSD in the elections for the constituent assembly . With the restoration of independence in 2002, the assembly became the National Parliament of East Timor . In the new elections in 2007 , Jesus again won a seat in parliament. Here he was PSD parliamentary group leader, member of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security (Commission B) and the Commission on the Eradication of Poverty, Rural and Regional Development and Gender Equality (Commission E). At the time, Jesus was also the PSD vice chairman.

In the parliamentary elections in 2012 , Jesus was represented in 26th place on the PSD's electoral list. However, the PSD failed at the three percent hurdle. In the 2012 presidential election, Jesus supported the eventual winner, Taur Matan Ruak .

On October 10, 2012, Jesus was elected to the State Council by Parliament.

Web links

Commons : Vidal de Jesus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Profile on Parliament's website, October 29, 2008 ( memento of October 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Kelly Silva: Reciprocity, recognition and suffering Political mobilizers in Independent East Timor, p. 170, University of Brasilia, accessed on March 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ President of East Timor: VETERANS AND ENTREPRENEURS CALL ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO SOLVE THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION , February 3, 2020 , accessed on February 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ Ben Kiernan (Ed.): Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial, & Justice in Cambodia & East Timor: Documentation, Denial & Justice in Cambodia & East Timor , 2007, p. 192.
  5. ^ Jornal da República : Series I, No. December 22, 2006 ( Memento of April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Diário de Notícias: Presidente timorense condecora 46 veteranos da luta contra a ocupação indonésia , November 26, 2018 , accessed on April 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ List of MPs in the National Parliament of East Timor 2001 ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ UNMIT Daily Media: Morning Edition, March 30, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ffmtl.org
  9. ^ Diario Nacional: Parliament elects eight State Security Council members , October 11, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Jesus, Vidal de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riak Leman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Same , Portuguese Timor