National Council of Timorese Resistance

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National Council of Timorese Resistance
Portuguese: Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense
Formation1986
Dissolved2002
PurposeResisting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor
Region served
East Timor
Official language
Portuguese
Tetum
Leader
Xanana Gusmão
External Spokesperson
José Ramos-Horta

The National Council of Timorese Resistance (Portuguese: Conselho Nacional de Resistência Timorense), or CNRT, known between 1986 and 1998 as the National Council of Maubere Resistance (Portuguese: Conselho Nacional da Resistência Maubere, or CNRM), was an umbrella organisation of East Timorese individuals and organisations dedicated to resisting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor that lasted from 1975 to 1999.

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