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Fernando de Araújo, also know by Lasama (born 1962) is an East Timorese politician and the current President of the National Parliament of East Timor; he is additionally serving as the Acting President of East Timor. He is also the President of the Democratic Party.

Araújo was born in Manutassi, Ainaro District, in what was then Portuguese Timor. At the age of 12 he witnessed his family 18 members massacre by the Indonesian Army. He studied Literature in Bali, Indonesia, was general-secretary of Renetil - Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste (East timorese students national resistance), and was sentenced to six years and four month of imprisonment.

Lasama de Araújo was the Democratic Party's candidate in the April 2007 presidential election. He took third place with 19.18% of the vote, and on April 26 he announced his party's support for the second place candidate, Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta, in the second round.

In the June 2007 parliamentary election, Araújo won a seat as the first name on the Democratic Party's candidate list. At the first session of the new parliament on July 30, Araújo was elected as President of the National Parliament, defeating Aniceto Guterres of FRETILIN.

Following an attack that seriously wounded President José Ramos-Horta on February 11 2008, Araújo became Acting President on February 13.

Family

Whilst in prison he met his wife Jacquline, a well respected academic who was working for Amnesty International. The two adopted a multitude of orphans from Araújo's home district of Ainaro not long after they were married.

References

1. "Two set to square off for presidency", AAP (news.com.au), April 18, 2007.
2. 2007 presidential election results, East Timor Election Commission website.
3. "Ramos Horta wins key support", AFP (The Age), April 27, 2007.
4. "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, July 9, 2007.
5. "Timor MPs sworn in, no government yet", Reuters (Gulf Times), July 31, 2007.
6. "New poll if Ramos Horta recovery slow", The Australian Financial Review, February 14, 2008.

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v t e Presidents of East Timor
Francisco Xavier do Amaral Nicolau dos Reis Lobato* Xanana Gusmão José Ramos-Horta Vicente Guterres Fernando de Araújo José Ramos-Horta Taur Matan Ruak Francisco Guterres José Ramos-Horta
* Acting • Italics indicate acting presidents during the 2008 assassination attempts

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