Armanda Berta dos Santos

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"... an enigmatic candidate ... [whose] presence and influence ... is held up by some Timorese as a testament to the greater diversity of gender, class and indeed 'traditional' Timorese culture allowed voice ...

... her political persona is marked by a potential intersecting disadvantage: her gender, her socio-economic status and rural background mark her out as an outsider from the usual Dili political and civil society elite." [2]

During the presidential election campaign, Santos was "mocked and denigrated on social media" after she objected to demands that the national presidential debate be conducted in Portuguese. As she pointed out, neither she nor the majority of East Timor's population would even be able to participate in, or even understand, any such debate. [2]

In the ensuing first round of the election process, she finished third out of the 16 candidates, with 56,690 votes (8.7% of the total); [16] that result was described by another commentator as part of a "... power transition from the old to younger generations, and from men to women ..." [17]

Santos's tenure as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ended when the IX Constitutional Government took office on 1 July 2023. [18]

Personal life

Santos is married to José dos Santos Naimori Bucar  [ de ], the leader of Kmanek Oan Rai Klaran (KORK)  [ de ], a ritual arts group in East Timor  [ de ]. [3] [4] Naimori is also the founder of KHUNTO, but chose to assume only the position of adviser to the party, with Santos taking on the leadership. [3]

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Armanda Berta dos Santos
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Santos in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor
In office
29 May 2020 1 July 2023
Servingwith José Reis