José Abílio Osório Soares
José Abílio Osório Soares | |
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Official portrait c. 1992 | |
| Governor of East Timor | |
| In office 18 September 1992 – 19 October 1999 | |
| President | Soeharto B. J. Habibie |
| Preceded by | Mário Viegas Carrascalão |
| Succeeded by | Sérgio Vieira de Mello (as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Abílio Osório Soares 2 June 1947 |
| Died | 17 June 2007 (aged 60) Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia |
| Party | Golkar |
| Spouse | Maria Ângela Correia de Lemos Osório Soares |
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José Abílio Osório Soares (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ɐˈβiliu ɔˈzɔɾiu suˈaɾiʃ]; 2 June 1947 – 17 June 2007) was an Indonesian politician of Timorese descent. He was the last governor of the Indonesian province of East Timor before the country's independence.