Former East Timor President and Independence Fighter Francisco Guterres Dies at 71
He was a longtime independence leader who served as president from 2017 to 2022, and his cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
- Former East Timor President Francisco Guterres, widely known as 'Lu Olo,' died Sunday at Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he had been in intensive care.
- Born in 1954 in Portuguese Timor, Guterres rose to prominence leading resistance against Indonesia's occupation from 1975 to 1999 before playing a key role in the transition to independence following a 1999 United Nations-backed referendum.
- Guterres served as Constituent Assembly president in 2001 and became the first National Parliament speaker in 2002, eventually winning the presidency in 2017 after several unsuccessful electoral bids.
- Fretilin, the party he led for years, called his death a 'profound loss,' while Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sent condolences to his family, including wife Cidalia Lopes Nobre Mouzinho Guterres.
- The former leader lost his 2022 reelection bid to current President Jose Ramos-Horta, capping decades of service to Southeast Asia's youngest nation as funeral arrangements remain pending.
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Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayTimor-Leste declares week of mourning after ex‑president and former guerrilla leader Guterres dies in Malaysia
DILI, June 22 — East Timor declared a week of mourning for ex-president Francisco “Lu-Olo” Guterres today after the former guerrilla leader died in a Malaysian hospital at the weekend.The 71-year-old served as president from 2017 to 2022, capping decades of involvement in the political and armed struggle that led to the independence of the small South-east Asian nation.Dili ordered flags to be flown at half-mast in public buildings, including at…
The Fretilin party today asked the population to participate on Tuesday in the reception of the body of the former Timorese President Francisco Guterres (Lu Olo), who died on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the airport of Díli. We appeal to all the people of the country to be present, with respect and feeling of regret, at the airport and along the way to the residence of the Saudi, said, in a press conference, the deputy secretary-general …
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Former East Timor president and independence fighter Francisco Guterres dies at 71
Francisco Guterres, a former president of East Timor and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement, has died. He was 71.Guterres, widely known by his nom de guerre “Lu Olo,” died on Sunday at Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he had been in intensive care, his family said on the late president’s official Facebook account. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
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