Is Xanana Gusmao married?
Is Xanana Gusmao married?
Kirsty Sword Gusmãom. 2000
Emilia Batistam. 1965–2000
Xanana Gusmão/Spouse
Is Kirsty Sword Gusmao still married?
She is married to Xanana Gusmão, former Prime Minister and President of East Timor, though they separated in 2015.
Who was East Timor first President?
| President of East Timor | |
|---|---|
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of East Timor |
| Precursor | Governor of East Timor |
| Formation | 28 November 1975 20 May 2002 |
| First holder | Francisco Xavier do Amaral Xanana Gusmão |
Who is prime minister of Timor?
Taur Matan RuakSince 2018
Timor-Leste/Prime minister
What is the capital city of East Timor?
Dili
Timor-Leste/Capitals
Dili, also spelled Dilly or Dilli, city and capital of East Timor. It lies on Ombai Strait on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Dili is the chief port and commercial centre for East Timor; it also has an airport.
What is the religion of East Timor?
Nearly all of the population is Roman Catholic, with tiny Protestant and Muslim minorities. Some vestiges of traditional religious beliefs are also practiced in conjunction with Catholicism.
Who is China cm?
| Xi Jinping | |
|---|---|
| Assumed office 15 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Hu Jintao |
| President of the People’s Republic of China | |
| Incumbent |
What is the official language of Timor Leste?
Portuguese
Tetun
Timor-Leste/Official languages
Timor-Leste (East Timor): Languages. This guide provides resources on the country’s history, languages, and government. Timor-Leste’s two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, and its two working languages are English and Indonesian.
Is Timor-Leste a poor country?
East Timor continues to be one of the world’s poorest countries, with GDP per capita standing at $3,949 (2011). As of 2015, Timor-Leste had a population of 1.17 million and an annual growth rate at 1.8%. Based on the total population, 40.2% aged 15 years and above were employed.
What language is spoken in Dili?
Tetum language
| Tetun Dili | |
|---|---|
| Native to | East Timor |
| Native speakers | 390,000 (2009) L2: 570,000 in East Timor |
| Language family | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric Tetumic Tetun Dili |
| Dialects | Belunese (Tetun Belu) Terik (Tetun Terik) |
What percent of East Timor is Catholic?
90 percent
With over 90 percent Catholic population, East Timor is currently one of the most densely Catholic countries in the world.
What did Xanana Gusmao do in East Timor?
On 28 November 1975, Fretilin declared the independence of Portuguese Timor as “The Democratic Republic of East Timor”, and Gusmão was responsible for filming the ceremony. Nine days later, Indonesia invaded East Timor. At the time Gusmão was visiting friends outside of Dili and he witnessed the invasion from the hills.
Where did Xanana Gusmao go to high school?
Gusmão was born in Manatuto, in what was then Portuguese Timor, to parents of mixed Portuguese-Timorese ancestry, both of whom were school teachers. He attended a Jesuit high school just outside Dili.
When did Kirsty Sword and Xanana Gusmao meet?
Sword finally met Xanana Gusmão face to face in December 1994 while he was serving a 20-year sentence in Jakarta’s Cipinang prison for leading the East Timorese resistance group FRETILIN. Their first contact came when she taught him English by correspondence from 1992.
When did sword Gusmao and Juliana dos Santos get married?
Xanana was released in 1999 and the couple married the following year in Dili, where they lived in the independent Timor-Leste with their three sons. In 2001 Sword Gusmão brought the case of sex trafficking victim Juliana dos Santos to the attention of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, as well as starting the Alola Foundation.