José Ramos-Horta

José Manuel Ramos-Horta GCL GColIH is an East Timorese politician. He has been the president of East Timor since 2022, having previously also held the position from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006 and Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007. 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".

26 December 1949

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Adrienn Hegedűs • Charles Babbage • Daniel Schmid • Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald • George Dewey • Georgios Rallis • John Severin • Kraftwerk • Leonardo Ghiraldini • Martin Cooper (inventor) • Olga Lopes-Seale • Ragnhild Kaarbø • Simon Goodwin • Tomáš Kundrátek • Trevor Taylor (racing driver) • Vinicio Cerezo • Wilhelm Xylander • William Stephens (American politician)

Born in the same month (December 1949): Bill Buckner • Billy Gibbons • David A. Cherry • David Perdue • James Rivière • Jerry Coyne • Jim Flaherty • Joel Brooks • John Altman (composer) • Marc Ravalomanana • Nawaz Sharif • Nikolaos Sifounakis • Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira • Tom Waits