Jose Ramos-Horta
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Jose Ramos-Horta is President of the Southeast Asian country of East Timor (Timor-Leste), a position he was elected to in May 2007. He previously served as the country's Prime Minister. [1]
On February 11, 2008, Horta was shot and seriously wounded during a confrontation between his security guards and disaffected former members of the military led by Alfredo Reinado. Reinado was shot and killed during the exchange of gunfire. [2]
Horta serves on the international advisory board for the Democracy Coalition Project and is on the International Council of Advisors for the International Campaign for Tibet.
- International Advisory Council, Counterpart International
- Former Co-chair, State of the World Forum
- Advisory Council, Points of Peace Foundation
- Advisory Council, International Service for Human Rights
- Endorser, Nonviolent Peaceforce [3]
- Patron, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders [4]
- Prize Selection Committee, Millenium Peace Prize [5]
- Co-winner 1996 Nobel Peace Prize
- Honorary Advisory Board, International Simultaneous Policy Organisation [6]
- International Advisory Committee, SIPAZ [7]
- Advisory Editorial Board, Human Rights Quarterly [8]
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- ↑ Donald Greenlees, "East Timor hopes new leader will heal divisions," International Herald Tribune, May 11, 2007.
- ↑ "Profile: Jose Ramos-Horta," BBC News, updated February 11, 2008.
- ↑ Endorsers, Nonviolent Peaceforce, accessed August 6, 2007.
- ↑ Syrian Human Rights Defender receives 2005 Martin Ennals Award, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, accessed August 14, 2007.
- ↑ Millenium Peace Prize for Women, International Alert, accessed September 17, 2007.
- ↑ Honorary Advisory Board, International Simultaneous Policy Organisation, accessed March 3, 2009.
- ↑ International Advisory Committee, SIPAZ, accessed August 24, 2009.
- ↑ Editors and Editorial Board, Human Rights Quarterly, accessed March 22, 2010.
