Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Peace-building, Nation-building

Hyundai Hall

     09 Nov 2023 09:30 pm - 09 Nov 2023 11:00 am

The University President invites
the Ateneo de Manila Community
to a special lecture and discussion

Timor-Leste Lecture

REFLECTIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE
AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER
HIS EXCELLENCY DR JOSÉ RAMOS HORTA
 

on Thursday, 9 November 2023, from 9:30-11:00am
Hyundai Hall, Soledad V Pangilinan Arts Wing, Areté
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City

Light snacks will be served in Ubuntu Space after the event.

RSVP go.ateneo.edu/RamosHortaLecture

His Excellency Dr José Ramos Horta, President, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
JOSÉ MANUEL RAMOS-HORTA AC GCL GColIH is the President Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. and is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".
As founder and former member of Fretilin, Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the Indonesian occupation from 1975–1999. While he continued to work with Fretilin, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, becoming an independent politician.
After Timor-Leste achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed the country's first foreign minister.  In 2006, he was appointed acting Prime Minister and subsequently sworn in. He was elected President in 2007.
After leaving office as President in 2012, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the United Nations' Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) on 2 January 2013.
He was re-elected to the Presidency of Timor-Leste in 2022 and is currently serving his second five-year term.
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