José Ramos-Horta – Kapuscinski Development Lectures – what top thinkers think about development

H.E. José Ramos-Horta is former President of the Republic of Timor-Leste and a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He is a Member of the Council of State of the Advisory Body to the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste and a Member of the UN Secretary-General High Level Board on Mediation. He also serves as Commissioner in the Global Commission on Drug Policy in Geneva. Between 1975 and 1999, Ramos-Horta was Minister for Foreign A. airs and Information in the first government of Timor-Leste, which was proclaimed in December 1975 following the country’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence. He was also Representative and Spokesperson for the Resistance during this time. For over two decades, he served as an international spokesperson, extensively lobbying governments and creating networks of supporters for the cause of his people. For these remarkable efforts he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 with his countryman, Bishop Carlos Belo. He served as President of the Republic from 2007 until 2012. After his presidency, Ramos-Horta was called on by former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, to serve as a Special Representative for Guinea Bissau. He later chaired the UN High-Level Panel on Peace Operations and served as External Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly until 2018.

Taking peace-building to the world

26.02.2019, Berlin, Germany