H.E. Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta
Past President, Prime Minister, Minister of State & Foreign Minister & Nobel PeacePrize Winner (1996), Timor-Leste.

H.E. Dr. José Manuel Ramos-Horta, (born December 26,1949, Dili, TimorLeste), was a political activist in who, along with Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo, received the 1996 Nobel Prize for Peace for their efforts to bring peace and independence to Timor-Leste, “towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor”. Timor-Leste (East Timor), a former Portuguese occupied territory, was under Indonesian control from 1975 to 1999. Ramos-Horta served as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste from 2006 to 2007, and as President from 2007 to 2012. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006 and Minister of State from 2016 to 2017.

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