José Ramos-Horta

Also known as Jose Ramos-Horta, José Manuel Ramos Horta

2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate

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José Ramos-Horta is a political leader from East Timor who served as the country's president twice and won the Nobel Prize, recognizing his contributions to peace and human rights. His leadership and international recognition have made him an important figure in East Timor's history and development as an independent nation.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize1996
“for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Ramos
Gender: male
Citizenship: Timor-Leste
Place of birth: Dili
Spouse: Ana Pessoa Pinto
Occupation: legal counselor
Position held: President of East Timor
Educated at: Columbia University
Employer: University of Oxford
Political party: Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
Languages spoken: French
Religion: Catholicism
Official website: ramoshorta.com
Image: Jose Ramos 1996.jpg
Residence: Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace

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Commons category: José Ramos-Horta
date of birth: 1949-12-26
Commons gallery: José Ramos Horta
name in native language: José Manuel Ramos-Horta
honorific suffix: Order of Prince Henry
candidacy in election: 2007 East Timorese presidential election
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Encyclopedic overview

José Manuel Ramos-Horta ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɐ̃muz ˈɔɾtɐ]; born 26 December 1949) is an East Timorese politician who has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022, having previously been the fourth president from 2007 to 2012. He was 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 a founder and former member of Fretilin, Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975–1999). While he continued to work with Fretilin, he resigned from the party in 1988, becoming an independent politician.

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