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President Suharto
Suharto was the second President of Indonesia, having held the office for 32 years from 1967, following Sukarno's removal until his resignation in 1998. -
Balibo Five
The Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian televsision networks based in Balibo in East Timor where they were killed on the 16th October 1975, during Indonesian incursions before the invasion.
In 2007, an Australian coroner discovered that they had been deliberately killed by Indonesian special force soldiers. The Indonesian version is that the men were killed by cross-fire during the battle for the town. -
Portugese withdrawl
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Indonesian Invasion
The Indonesian invasion of East Timor began when the Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism. Approximately 60,000 and 100,000 East Timorese soldiers and civilians are estimated to have died. -
Dili Massacre
The Dili Massacre, also known as the Santa Cruz Massacre, was the shooting of East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. -
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta "for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor" -
BJ Habibie
He was the 3rd President of East Timor, holding office from 1998 to 1999. -
Referendum
The East Timorese independence referendum was a referendum which was held throughout East Timor. -
INTERFET
The International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational peacekeeping taskforce, mandated by the United Nations to address the humanitarian and security crisis which took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of United Nations peacekeepers. -
Xanana Gusmao
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão was a former militant who was the first President of East Timor, serving from May 2002 to May 2007.
He later became the fourth Prime Minister of East Timor, on 8 August 2007.
