What is Francisco Xavier do Amaral?
{{Infobox President | name = Francisco Xavier do Amaral | image = Francisco Xavier do Amaral.jpg | caption = Francisco Xavier do Amaral during election campaign in 2007 | nationality = [[East Timor]]ese | order = [[President of East Timor]] | term_start = 28 November 1975 | term_end = 7 December 1975 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = [[Nicolau dos Reis Lobato]] <small>(acting)</small> | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|12|03|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Turiscai]], [[Portuguese Timor]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|6|1937|12|3|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dili]], [[East Timor]] | party = [[Timorese Social Democratic Association]] | vicepresident= | occupation = [[Politician]] }} '''Francisco Xavier do Amaral''' (3 December 1937&nbsp;– 6 March 2012) was an [[East Timor]]ese politician. Amaral was sworn in as the first [[President of East Timor]] when the country, then a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] colony, made a [[unilateral declaration of independence]] on 28 November 1975.<ref name=australian>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Alford|title=Resistance-era president of East Timor, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, dies in Dili, aged 74 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/resistance-era-president-of-east-timor-francisco-xavier-do-amaral-dies-in-dili-aged-74/story-e6frg6so-1226291130113 |work=[[The Australian]] |date=7 March 2012 |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> He was a member of the [[National Parliament of East Timor|National Parliament]] for the [[Timorese Social Democratic Association]] from 2001 until his death.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dareini |first=Ali |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/east-timor-founding-father-francisco-xavier-do-amaral-dies/story-e6frf7lf-1226291215845 |title=East Timor founding father Francisco Xavier do Amaral dies |publisher=Herald Sun |date=17 April 2002 |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Amaral, Francisco Xavier do}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Catego