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Will Jose Ramos Horta Run for Second Term as President of East Timor! |
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Posted 1/30/2012 at 5:26 PM by Kate C in Laureates News
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Jose Ramos Horta Announces today whether he is seeking a second term as President of East Timor
Michael Bachelard of the Syndey Morning Herald wrote:
NOBEL peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta is expected to announce today that he is in the running for another five-year term as president of East Timor.
Dr Ramos-Horta has been head of state of the tiny nation since May 2007, and before that he was prime minister. According to a confidant, Australian-based analyst James Dunn, Dr Ramos-Horta has seriously considered retiring to take a role in international politics.
However, on Sunday he accepted a petition from more than 116,300 people asking him to run again in the March 17 poll, and he promised to make his decision clear today.
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If, as widely expected, Dr Ramos-Horta elects to run again, he would be the favourite in a long list of candidates.
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