Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva (b. Laclubar, Manatuto) was one of the candidates in the Presidential Elections in East Timor in April 2007.
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He became involved in the clandestine resistance while he studied International Relations and Law in Jakarta. He is the leader of the Socialist Party of Timor (PST), which had a member in the National Parliament from 2002 to 2007.
In the 2007 presidential election, Avelino took seventh place with 2.06% of the vote.[1]
Following the June 2007 parliamentary election, in which the Socialist Party did not win any seats,[2] Avelino was appointed Secretary of State for Energy Politics in the government of Xanana Gusmão, which was sworn in on 8 August 2007.[3]
References
edit- ^ Results of 2007 presidential election Archived 16 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, East Timor Election Commission website.
- ^ "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.
- ^ "Xanana Gusmão tomou posse em Timor-Leste" Archived 17 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, LUSA (rtp.pt), 8 August 2007.