Aurora Ximenes

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