Pascoela Barreto | |
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| Ambassador of East Timor to Portugal | |
| In office July 2002 – December 2005 | |
| President | Xanana Gusmão |
| Director of the Department of Finance and Resources of theNational Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) | |
| In office 1999–2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1946 (age 79) Bazartete, Portuguese Timor |
| Alma mater | Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) |
| Occupation | civil servant and diplomat |
| Awards | Order of Liberty Order of Prince Henry |
Pascoela Barreto dos Santos is an East Timorese civil servant and diplomat. She served on the National Political Commission of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) and was the first Ambassador of the newly established country of East Timor. She has served as Ambassador of East Timor to Portugal and Vietnam.
Barreto was born inBazartete,Portuguese Timor. In 1970, Barreto moved to Portugal to study sociology at theInstituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) inLisbon.[1]
Barreto worked at the General Directorate of Land Transport in Portugal [pt].[1] On 11 March 2000, she was awarded the civic honour of Commander of theOrder of Liberty of Portugal.[2]
After the Portuguese withdrew from Timor, from 1999 to 2000 Barreto served on the National Political Commission of theNational Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT)[3][4] as a Member of the Executive Committee and as Director of the Department of Finance and Resources.[5][6] She handled the finances of the CNRT abroad in Portugal.[7]
In April 2001, Barreto andJosé Ramos-Horta (later the President of East Timor) travelled toThe Hague in the Netherlands as delegates to a conference on East Timor building a new nation state, which was organised by theInternational Institute of Asian Studies inLeiden and the Platform for Asian Studies inAmsterdam.[8]
Barreto became the first Ambassador from the newly established country of East Timor, with the Embassy in Portugal replacing the dissolved office of the CNRT inLisbon, Portugal.[9] Barreto served as Ambassador to Portugal from July 2002 to December 2005,[1][10][11] presenting her credentials toPresident of PortugalJorge Sampaio.[12] In 2003, she spoke at theIberian Model United Nations (lMUN) Conference at theCarlucci American International School in Lisbon.[13]
On 6 March 2007, Barreto was awarded the rank of Grand Cross of theOrder of Prince Henry of Portugal.[14] She has promoted the learning of thePortuguese language in East Timor.[15]
On 15 December 2016, Barreto was appointed Ambassador of East Timor to Vietnam.[16][17] She was welcomed by the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign MinisterPham Binh Minh inHanoi.[18][19] As ambassador, she promoted foreign business investment in East Timor[20][21] and has discussed the development of bilateral trade agreements with the Vietnamese Prime MinisterNguyễn Xuân Phúc.[22] In 2020, she participated in the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO)'s writing competition, winning a third place prize.[23]
In 2023, Barreto was a guest at the opening of an art exhibition of works by East Timorese artistAbel Júpiter at theLisbon Theatre and Film School in Portugal.[24]
Barreto was married to Amilcar Dias.[25]
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