Longuinhos dos Santos

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Longuinhos dos Santos
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Santos in 2018
Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Culture
In office
22 June 2018 –1 July 2023
Political party People's Liberation Party
[1] [2]

Longuinhos dos Santos (born 4 July 1974) is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the People's Liberation Party (PLP).

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From June 2018 to July 2023, he was Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture, serving in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.

Early life and education

Between 1982 and 1991, Santos attended primary and then pre-secondary school in Maliana. He completed his secondary education, in the then Liquiçá District, in 1994, but was then prevented by the then political circumstances in East Timor from continuing his studies. Until the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum, he provided services to clandestine liberation networks. [1]

Santos resumed his studies in 2001, at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL). He completed that course in 2007. [1]

Career

Santos has had an academic career. As of 2014, he was the Second Vice-Dean of the UNTL. [3]

On 22 June 2018, he was sworn in as Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture. [4] [5] [6]

Santos's tenure as Minister ended when the IX Constitutional Government took office on 1 July 2023. He was succeeded by José Honório da Costa Gerónimo. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biografia do Ministro do Ensino Superior, Ciência e Cultura – Longuinhos dos Santos, L.Ec.MM" [Biography of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture – Longuinhos dos Santos, L.Ec.MM]. Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture (East Timor) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Eighth Constitutional Government / Governu Konstituisional VIII". La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis . 30 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gabinete" (4 April 2014). "200 UNTL University Students Participate in CAC Seminar". Anti-Corruption Commission of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Primeiro grupo de membros do VIII Governo timorense tomou posse em Díli" [First group of members of the VIII Timorese Government take office in Dili]. SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Lusa. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Timor-Leste's Eighth Constitutional Government (updated 17 July 2020)". La'o Hamutuk website. La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli . Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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