Adaljiza Magno

Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno (born 7 January 1975) is an East Timorese politician and diplomat, and a member of the Fretilin political party. She is the incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, serving since June 2020 under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Taur Matan Ruak. Previously, she served several terms as Vice Minister in that portfolio, and also briefly, in 2007, as acting Minister.

Adaljiza Magno
Magno in 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Assumed office
24 June 2020 (2020-06-24)
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byDionísio Babo Soares
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
In office
October 2017 (2017-10) – 22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)
Prime MinisterMari Alkatiri
Preceded byRoberto Soares
Succeeded byJulião da Silva
East Timorese Ambassador to Singapore
In office
19 November 2015 (2015-11-19) – October 2017 (2017-10)
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
In office
26 July 2005 (2005-07-26) – 8 August 2007 (2007-08-08)
Prime Minister
Member of the Constituent Assembly / National Parliament
In office
2001 (2001) – 2005 (2005)
Personal details
Born (1975-01-07) 7 January 1975
Baguia,
Portuguese Timor
(now East Timor)
Political partyFretilin
Spouse(s)Rosantino Amado Hei dos Anjos
ChildrenRosejiza Nabilan Magno Hei
Alma mater

Early life and career

Magno was born in Baguia, in the then Portuguese Timor, to Ana Xavier G. Magno and Alberto dos Reis Magno. Eleven months after her birth, Indonesia began its occupation of East Timor. Magno's family fled to Mount Matebian, a centre of the Fretilin resistance against the occupiers. The family lived on the run for four years before returning to Baguia in 1979. In 1980, the family surrendered to the Indonesian army because its members were in danger of starvation.[1]

Magno attended primary school from 1982 to 1987, pre-secondary school from 1987 to 1990 and secondary school in Dili from 1990 to 1993. She graduated from the Sebelas Maret University (UNS) in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, with a degree in economics.[1]

Even before commencing her political career, Magno was a prominent activist in the women's movement. During her studies in Indonesia, she was active in the student movement that worked for East Timor’s independence. From 1993 to 1998, she was a member of the Union of Catholic University Students of the Republic of Indonesia (PMKRI) in Surakarta, and in 1998 she joined the SAHE Study Club based in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the same time, she was founder of the Communication Forum for Timor Lorosae's Women (FORELSAN) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.[1]

Magno returned to her homeland for the 1999 referendum on whether East Timor should be independent from Indonesia. After the announcement of the result, which was in favor of independence, there were massive attacks by pro-Indonesian militias on the population. Magno and her family, like many other residents, fled to Kupang in West Timor. When militias attacked the refugees there too, the family fled to Bali and did not return to East Timor until after the international intervention force INTERFET arrived in October 1999.[1]

In 1999, Magno was a co-founder of the Sahe Institute for Liberation (SIL), a non-governmental organization that advocates education for the population. She worked for SIL until 2001. From November 1999 to June 2000, she also worked for the human rights organization HAK as its Popular Education Coordinator, and for the Communication Forum for East Timor Women (FOKUPERS). In 2000, she represented the East Timor Trade Union Confederation (TLTUC/KSTL) at the 88th Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. In the same year, she took part in an East Timor Action Network (ETAN) speaking tour, which took her to 22 states in the USA. She also taught human rights at the National University of East Timor (UNTL).[1]

In 2001, Magno was appointed to the organizing committee for the establishment of the East Timor Women's Network. From June to August 2001, she was a consultant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in relaton to its report on domestic violence in East Timor.[1]

Political career

Also in 2001, Magno was elected as one of 55 Fretilin candidates to the Constituent Assembly of East Timor, from which the National Parliament emerged in 2002.[2]

Upon the restructuring of the I Constitutional Government, led by Mari Alkatiri, in July 2005, Magno was appointed as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. At 30 years of age, she became the youngest member of that government.[1] On 14 July 2006, the I Constitutional Government was replaced by the II Constitutional Government led by José Ramos-Horta, in which Magno continued to serve as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.[3] She left that office on 8 August 2007, upon the formation of the IV Constitutional Government.[4][5]

During the short period, between 19 May and 8 August 2007, when the transitional III Constitutional Government, led by Estanislau da Silva, was in power, Magno served not only as Vice Minister,[4] but also as acting Minister, of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.[1][6] She was also the 60th candidate on the Fretilin list for the 2007 Parliamentary election,[7] but was not elected, as Fretilin won only 21 seats in the election.[8]

While serving in public offices between 2002 and 2007, Magno was also a Board member of two civil society organisations, HAK and FOKUPERS. In 2007, she represented those organizations at the 3rd East Timor donors meeting in Canberra, Australia.[1] Between 2011 and 2013, she completed a Masters degree in Public Management at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. In 2014 and 2015, she was a member of East Timor's delegation to the Preparatory Commission for the 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), which was held in Dili in July 2014, and an Adviser (Conceptual) to the CPLP's Presidential Support Office.[9]

On 19 November 2015, Magno was appointed as the East Timorese Ambassador to Singapore.[10] On 2 October 2017, she was reappointed as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in the VII Constitutional Government led by Mari Alkatiri.[11] Her swearing-in did not take place the following day alongside that of most of the other members of the new government, because she was still in Singapore. On 17 October 2017, she was finally sworn in.[12] Her renewed tenure as Vice Minister ended with the formation of the VIII Constitutional Government on 22 June 2018.[13]

Two years later, on 24 June 2020, following a change in the governing coalition, and the admission of Fretilin to the VIII Constitutional Government, Magno was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.[14][15][16]

Personal life

Magno is fluent in Tetum, Portuguese, Makasae (a Papuan language spoken in her native municipality of Baucau), Indonesian, and English.[1]

In October 2003, she married Rosantino Amado Hei dos Anjos. The couple has a daughter, Rosejiza Nabilan Magno Hei.[1]

References
  1. "Biography - Adaljiza Magno". Fretilin blog. Fretilin. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. "Constitution of the 2002 - 2007 Parliament: Alphabetical List of Deputies". East Timor Legal Information Site. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. "II Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. "III Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. "Gusmao sworn in as East Timor PM". BBC News. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. "Timor/República Democrática de Timor-Leste/Timór Lorosa'e/Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste East Timor". Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. "[List of the candidates for the 2007 Parliamentary election]" (PDF) (in Tetum). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. Gomes, Faustino Cardoso (2007). National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections (PDF). Dili: Comissão Nacional de Eleições. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  9. "Adaljiza Magno". LinkedIn. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  10. Mídia PR (23 November 2015). "H.E. The President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak, swears in the Ambassadors of Timor-Leste to China, Japan, the Holy See, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore". Presidência da República de Timor-Leste. Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  11. "PR timorense assina novo decreto de nomeação membros do Governo, mais duas mulheres" [Timorese President signs new decree to appoint members of the Government, plus two women]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  12. "PR timorense empossa últimos cinco membros do VII Governo constitucional" [Timorese President swears in the last five members of the VII constitutional government]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  13. "Transitional Ministerial Administration". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  14. "Swearing-In and organic structure of the Eight Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  15. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  16. "Presidente timorense dá posse a 19 novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in 19 new members of the Government]. SAPO (in Portuguese). Lusa. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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