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Francisco Xavier do Amaral

1937 - 2012

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Francisco Xavier do Amaral (3 December 1937 – 6 March 2012) was an East Timorese politician. A founder of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin), Amaral was sworn in as the first President of East Timor when the country, then a Portuguese colony, made a unilateral declaration of independence on 28 November 1975. He was a member of the National Parliament for the Timorese Social Democratic Association from 2001 until his death in 2012. Amaral was also known as "Abo (Grandfather) Xavier", a term of endearment, by East Timorese. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Xavier do Amaral is the 12,842nd most popular politician (down from 12,638th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Timor-Leste and the 7th most popular East Timorese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francisco Xavier do Amaral ranks 12,842 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugo Egmont Hørring, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Antiochus III of Commagene, Rhodogune of Parthia, Teres I, and Richard, Count of Étampes. After him are Kumaragupta I, Sempad the Constable, Wavel Ramkalawan, Hudjefa I, Yan Huiqing, and Fatima Jinnah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Francisco Xavier do Amaral ranks 283. Before him are Alexandra Zabelina, Jiří Dienstbier, Antonio Rattín, Juan José Saer, Ken Ogata, and Vittorio Adorni. After him are Vitaly Zholobov, Albert Brülls, Gary Hocking, Jennifer Welles, John Phillip Law, and Zdeněk Zikán. Among people deceased in 2012, Francisco Xavier do Amaral ranks 220. Before him are Pierre Schoendoerffer, Georgi Lozanov, Jack Taylor, James Farentino, Peter Carsten, and Émile Allais. After him are Leonardo Favio, Txillardegi, R. G. Armstrong, Florence Green, Mustafa Ould Salek, and Sage Stallone.

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In Timor-Leste

Among people born in Timor-Leste, Francisco Xavier do Amaral ranks 8 out of 12. Before him are Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (1948), Xanana Gusmão (1946), Taur Matan Ruak (1956), Francisco Guterres (1954), Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946), and Mari Alkatiri (1949). After him are Virgílio do Carmo da Silva (1967), Estanislau da Silva (1952), Rui Maria de Araújo (1964), and Fernando de Araújo (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Timor-Leste

Among politicians born in Timor-Leste, Francisco Xavier do Amaral ranks 7. Before him are José Ramos-Horta (1949), Xanana Gusmão (1946), Taur Matan Ruak (1956), Francisco Guterres (1954), Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946), and Mari Alkatiri (1949). After him are Estanislau da Silva (1952), Rui Maria de Araújo (1964), and Fernando de Araújo (1963).

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