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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Peace (130) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1996 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1949 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Asia, southeast (5) East Timor (2) Dili (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) José (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Roman Catholic (51) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 48 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Management Occupations (53) Top Executives (53) Legislators (53) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Asia, southeast (4) East Timor (2) 35. Worked for Government 35. Worked for Government Asia (9) Asia, southeast (2) East Timor (1) Leader (1) Prime Minister/President (1) 36. Government Status at Award Time 36. Government Status at Award Time Before office (6) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Oxford (69) University of Oxford (69) Short-term academic staff (36) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (2) O-P (364) O (205) Order of José Martí (2) Order of Liberty (2) Order of Rio Branco (1) complete name: José Ramos-Horta, Order of Prince Henry nobel prize: peace award year: 1996 together with: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Peace Prize 1996 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." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: José family name: Ramos-Horta occupation: lawyer occupation: politician occupation: jurist-consultant work location: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom description: José Ramos-Horta, Order of Prince Henry is the United Nations' special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). He was appointed to this position on 2 January 2013. Previously, he was special envoy to fellow Lusophone country, Guinea-Bissau, and was the President of East Timor from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012, the second since independence from Indonesia. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former prime minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as president after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election.As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, becoming an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first foreign minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of prime minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting prime minister by then-president Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was sworn in as the second prime minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. pronunciation: (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɐ̃muz ˈɔɾtɐ]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Peace Prize 1996. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1996/summary/> date birth: 1949 usual name: José Ramos-Horta
