Aurora Ximenes

Aurora Ximenes
Aurora Ximenes, 2012
Born (1955-06-13) June 13, 1955 (age 69)
Samalari, Baguia, Baucau District, Portuguese Timor
NationalityEast Timorese
OccupationPolitician

Aurora Ximenes (born June 13, 1955)[1] is an East Timorese politician. She is a member of the FRETILIN party.[1]

From 1975, the year of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, Ximenes was a member of the Organização Popular de Mulheres Timorense (Popular Organisation of East Timorese Women) (OPMT), and she engaged in FRETILIN resistance activities for six years following the invasion.[2][3]: 70  She was then arrested and detained for three years.[2] She has been Assistant General Secretary of the OPMT,[1] a member of the central committee of FRETILIN,[1] and the coordinator of the East Timor Women's Network (REDE).[4][5]

Ximenes was born in Samalari, Baguia, Baucau District, Portuguese Timor. She gained a Bachelor of Arts in public administration,[1] and later worked as a public servant.[1] From at least 2002 until September 2006, she was the district administrator for Liquica.[2][6]

She was elected to the National Parliament of East Timor on 30 July 2012,[1] and remained a member of parliament until 2017.[1] She was a member of the Commission on Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Public Administration, Local Jurisdiction and Anti-Corruption (Commission A), and secretary of the Timor-Leste Women's Parliamentarian Group (GMPTL).[7]

Since 2018, Ximenes has been a member of the Council of State, which advises the President of East Timor.[8]

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  2. ^ a b c "Women put peace in its place". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ Leach, Michael (2016). Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781315311647. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (8 Mar 2001). "UNTAET Daily Briefing 08 Mar 2001: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATED IN EAST TIMOR". ReliefWeb.int. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ Marshall, Robyn (24 January 2001). "EAST TIMOR: Women face uphill struggle". Green Left Weekly. No. 433. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ^ "REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE TIMOR-LESTE DESPACHO 3 /2006". Jornal da República. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. ^ Quintão, Paulina (13 April 2016). "FOKUPERS assisted 225 victims of gender-based violence in 2015". The Dili Weekly. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Final hearing of 2019 OJE, President Lu-Olo to consult with the Council of State". East Timor Law & Justice Bulletin. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.