Fernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)
| Fernando de Araújo | |
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President of East Timor Acting |
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In office 13 February 2008 – 17 April 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
| Preceded by | Vicente Guterres (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | José Ramos-Horta |
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In office 8 August 2007 – 30 July 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Guterres |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Guterres |
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26 February 1963 Manutassi, Portuguese Timor (now East Timor) |
| Died | 2 June 2015 (aged 52) Dili, East Timor |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jacqueline Aquino Siapno |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Fernando de Araújo, also known as Lasama (26 February 1963 – 2 June 2015) was an East Timorese politician who was President of the National Parliament of East Timor from 2007 to 2012. He also served as the Acting President for two months in early 2008. He was also the President of the Democratic Party.
Araújo was born in Manutaci, Ainaro District, in what was then Portuguese Timor. At the age of 12, he witnessed all 18 members of his family massacred by the Indonesian Army. He studied Literature at Udayana University in Bali, Indonesia but was arrested for “subversion against the state” after completing his first year of study. He was secretary-general of Renetil - Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste (East Timorese Students National Resistance), and was sentenced to six years and four months of imprisonment. After his release, Araújo remained in Jakarta and continued to work for self-determination and democracy in East Timor, working closely with Indonesian human rights defenders and democracy advocates. He returned to Timor and in 2001 founded and led the Democratic Party.
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 26 April 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 30 July, Araújo was elected as President of the National Parliament, defeating Aniceto Guterres of FRETILIN.
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