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E Timor poll: Nobel winner to run | E Timor poll: Nobel winner to run |
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta has formally announced that he will stand for president of East Timor in elections in April. | Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta has formally announced that he will stand for president of East Timor in elections in April. |
Mr Ramos-Horta has been prime minister since last year, when he was appointed following widespread riots. | Mr Ramos-Horta has been prime minister since last year, when he was appointed following widespread riots. |
He had previously served as East Timor's foreign minister. | He had previously served as East Timor's foreign minister. |
Mr Ramos-Horta was for more than two decades one of the most recognisable faces of the East Timorese movement for independence from Indonesia. | Mr Ramos-Horta was for more than two decades one of the most recognisable faces of the East Timorese movement for independence from Indonesia. |
If the country were free, prosperous, stable, I wouldn't run Jose Ramos-Horta He announced his candidacy in front of about 2,000 supporters in the town of Laga. | |
"I chose Laga, one of the poorest town's in this country, to announce my candidacy because I spent many years here as a kid and I have been here many times over the years," he told reporters afterwards. | |
"I know many people, many people know me around the country. If the country were free, prosperous, stable, I wouldn't run." | |
Mr Ramos-Horta was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - along with East Timor's Bishop Carlos Belo - for non-violent resistance to Indonesian rule in 1996. | |
The country's current president, Xanana Gusmao, has repeatedly said he will not run again. | The country's current president, Xanana Gusmao, has repeatedly said he will not run again. |
East Timor voted for independence in a referendum in 1999. | East Timor voted for independence in a referendum in 1999. |
It became fully independent in 2002, after a period of UN administration. | It became fully independent in 2002, after a period of UN administration. |
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