Olinda Morais

East Timorese politician

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Olinda Morais (born September 22, 1951), whose resistance name was By Mally,[1] is a politician from East Timor.[2] She is a member of the Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) (PD).[2]

Morais was born in Loré, Lautém District, Portuguese Timor. She attended school only up to fourth grade.[2] Despite this, she became a teacher.[2] During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, she fought against the invaders for fourteen years,[3] until the end of 1991.[1] Morais was married to Aluc Descart, a FALINTIL commander in the eastern region, with whom she had a son.[3][4]: 89–90 Rather than have their 17-month-old son living in the forest with the guerillas, they sent him to be cared for by family in Lospalos; however, he was adopted by an Indonesian colonel and taken to Jakarta.[4]: 89–90 Morais was not reunited with her son until 2003.[4]: 126

Morais was elected to the National Parliament of East Timor on 7 July 2012,[2] and remained a member of parliament until 2017.[2] She served as a member of the Commission for Ethics (Commission G).[2][5] In the 2017 elections, she was in position 33 on the ballot,[6] and was not re-elected.

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In 2011, Morais, for her part in the resistance, received the Order of Guerillas, second degree, and the certificate of honor for demobilization.[1][2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Número Extraordinário: Decreto do Presidente da República n.° 53/2011 de 29 de Julho" (PDF). Jornal da República (in Portuguese): 3. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ficha Biografia dos Deputados: Olinda Morais". Parlamento Nacional (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. ^ a b van Klinken, Helene. "Making Them Indonesians: Child Transfers out of East Timor". Monash University Publishing. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
4. ^ a b c van Klinken, Helene (2014). Anak-anak Timtim di Indonesia (East Timorese children in Indonesia) (in Indonesian). Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. ISBN 9789799106063. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
5. ^ "The Committees of the Timor-Leste National Parliament". East Timor Law & Justice Bulletin. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
6. ^ "2017 Timor-Leste Parliamentary Election. List of Parliamentary slates from all parties" (PDF). La'o Hamutuk website. La'o Hamutuk: Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis. Retrieved 1 September 2019.