Jose Ramos-Horta

Jose Ramos-Horta is President of the Southeast Asian country of East Timor (Timor-Leste), a position he was elected to in May 2007. He previously served as the country's Prime Minister.

On February 11, 2008, Horta was shot and seriously wounded during a confrontation between his security guards and disaffected former members of the military led by Alfredo Reinado. Reinado was shot and killed during the exchange of gunfire.

Horta serves on the international advisory board for the Democracy Coalition Project and is on the International Council of Advisors for the International Campaign for Tibet.


 * International Advisory Council, Counterpart International
 * Former Co-chair, State of the World Forum
 * Advisory Council, Points of Peace Foundation
 * Advisory Council, International Service for Human Rights
 * Endorser, Nonviolent Peaceforce
 * Patron, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
 * Prize Selection Committee, Millenium Peace Prize
 * Co-winner 1996 Nobel Peace Prize
 * Honorary Advisory Board, International Simultaneous Policy Organisation
 * International Advisory Committee, SIPAZ
 * Advisory Editorial Board, Human Rights Quarterly

SourceWatch references

 * East Timor