East Timor is an emerging democratic state, the newest in the world. Its first and current president is Xanana Gusmão, former independence movement activist. The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor, is an island nation in Southeast Asia, consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, a political exclave of East Timor situated on the western side of... This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. ... President Xanana Gusmão Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (born June 20, 1946), born José Alexandre Gusmão, is the inaugural President of the small nation of East Timor in Southeast Asia. ...
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EastTimorPresident Xanana Gusmao appeared on Friday to withdraw a threat to resign over a dispute with the country's premier, promising thousands of supporters at a rally in the capital that he would always serve them.
That prompted several prominent EastTimor leaders to visit the president on Friday and urge him to stay in office, and by late afternoon some 5,000 supporters were demonstrating in front of Dili's main government building.
EastTimor was a Portuguese colony for hundreds of years before a revolution in Lisbon in 1975 gave the territory a brief taste of independence.
EastTimor is the eastern part of the island of Timor, which lies between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.
EastTimor became a Portuguese colony in the 16th century, while much of the rest of the region was controlled by the Dutch, and known as the Dutch East Indies.
In 1996 two East Timorese activists, Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta, received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution to EastTimor's situation.
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