João Viegas Carrascalão
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João Viegas Carrascalão is an East Timor
ese politician. He was one of the candidates in the April 2007 presidential election in East Timor
.
He studied Topography
and Surveying
in Luanda
and specialized in Cartography
in Switzerland
. He is president of the Timorese Democratic Union
(UDT) which he also co-founded. He supervised the August 11, 1975 coup which eventually started the civil war. The latter forced the governor, Lemos Pires, to flee as well as the Portuguese contingent stationed on the nearing island of Ataúro. Consequently Carrascalão moved to Australia and resided there throughout the Indonesian occupation. He integrated the leading agencies of the CNRT. He moved back when East Timor's independence was finally given.
In the 2007 presidential election, he took eighth and last place with 1.72% of the vote.
He was the Director of Department of Geographical and Cadastral Surveys during the Portuguese Administration of Timor and was Minister of Infrastructure during the Transitional Government of East Timor by the UNO (UNTAET).
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
ese politician. He was one of the candidates in the April 2007 presidential election in East Timor
East Timorese presidential election, 2007
The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes. The first, on 9 April 2007 eliminated six of the eight nominees. The remaining two candidates, current Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta and Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor President Francisco Guterres, faced...
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He studied Topography
Topography
Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, moons, and asteroids...
and Surveying
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
in Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
and specialized in Cartography
Cartography
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. He is president of the Timorese Democratic Union
Timorese Democratic Union
The Timorese Democratic Union is a conservative political party in East Timor. It was the first party to be established in the country in 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal....
(UDT) which he also co-founded. He supervised the August 11, 1975 coup which eventually started the civil war. The latter forced the governor, Lemos Pires, to flee as well as the Portuguese contingent stationed on the nearing island of Ataúro. Consequently Carrascalão moved to Australia and resided there throughout the Indonesian occupation. He integrated the leading agencies of the CNRT. He moved back when East Timor's independence was finally given.
In the 2007 presidential election, he took eighth and last place with 1.72% of the vote.
He was the Director of Department of Geographical and Cadastral Surveys during the Portuguese Administration of Timor and was Minister of Infrastructure during the Transitional Government of East Timor by the UNO (UNTAET).