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Adalgisa Ximenes

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Adalgisa Ximenes
Ximenes receiving her accreditation from Taur Matan Ruak on 11 February 2016
Ambassador of East Timor to South Korea
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Personal details
Born13 March 1968
Dili, Portuguese Timor
Political partyRevolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETLIN)
Alma materBrawijaya University
Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e

Adalgisa Maria Soares Ximenes (born 13 March 1968) is a diplomat and former politician in East Timor.

Biography

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Ximenes was born in Dili, Portuguese Timor, and received her primary and secondary education in Viqueque. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the Brawijaya University in Malang, Indonesia and to pursue post-graduate studies in education at the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e.[citation needed]

Ximenes was elected to the National Parliament of East Timor in 2001 as a member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETLIN) and served until 2007. Before being elected to the assembly, Ximenes served as an administrator and then project officer for CARE International. During her time in the assembly, she served as president of the Permanent Commission for Health and Labor.[1][dead link][2][dead link]

From 2009 to 2010, Ximenes served as head of the National Commission for Child Rights in East Timor.[3]

In 2016, Ximenes was named Ambassador of East Timor to South Korea.[4][dead link][5][6] She presented her credentials to President Park Geun-hye.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE". UNICEF.
  2. ^ "Constituent Assembly winners names and parties". Back Door Newsletter on East Timor.
  3. ^ "Timor-Leste establishes National Commission for Children". UNICEF. 29 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Park formally appoints new ambassador to Japan". Yonhap News. 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ Arirang TV (24 July 2019). [The Diplomat] Ep.59 - Ambassador of Timor-Leste to S. Korea, Adalgisa Ximenes. Retrieved 6 August 2025 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Lee, Rachel (29 October 2017). "Women in leadership celebrated". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  7. ^ "New Ambassadors to the ROK Present Credentials to President Park Geun-hye". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Korea). 1 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2025.