Tag: East Timor

In 1520, the Portuguese established commercial warehouses in Timor. It remained a Portuguese colony until 1975. With the withdrawal of Portugal, Indonesia invaded Timor. With the armed resistance of the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin), of Marxist line, the...

Political system Short for TP by Abbreviationfinder, East Timor became an independent nation on May 20, 2002 after 25 years of Indonesian occupation. The country is a republic, whose president is the head of state and commander-in-chief. According to the constitution,...