The Nobel Peace Prize 1996
Awarded on: 1996-10-11
"for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor"
José Ramos-Horta
Born: 1949-12-26 in Dili, East Timor
Gender: male
Field: President of East Timor (2007–2012; since 2022)
Biography
José Manuel Ramos-Horta is an East Timorese politician who has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022, having previously been the fourth president from 2007 to 2012. He was a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".