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Born December 26, 1949 (age 76) • Dili • East Timor
Title / Office president (2022-), East Timor • president (2007-2012), East Timor • prime minister (2006-2007), East Timor • foreign minister (2000-2006), East Timor
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1996)

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