In
May 2002, after 450 years of continuous foreign
occupation, Timor-Leste became the world's newest
independent state. The island of Timor lies towards
the eastern end of the chain of Indonesian islands
running from Malaya, through Sumatra and Java,
to new Guinea.
Xanana
Gusmao was born Jose Alexandre Gusmao on 20 June 1946
in the small country town of Laleia, Manatuto. The Reluctant
President. Xanana Gusmao gave up being an ordinary citizen
upon joining East ...
Government of
the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
