Rosa Muki Bonaparte (died December 8, 1975) was a Timorese politician and independence and women's rights activist. She was a member of FRETILIN National Committee in the mid 1970s.[1] On 28 November 1975 she gave birth to the East Timor Popular Women's Organization (East Timorese Women's Movement) when she "unfurled the new red, black and yellow flag with a white star."[2] Her presidency was short-lived as just days later on 7 December 1975, Bonaparte was captured and executed by an Indonesian firing squad.[3]

Rotunda Rosa Muki Bonaparte - A monument inside a roundabout in Mandarin - Dili was named after Rosa Bonaparte in remembrance of her contribution to the Independence movement of Timor-Leste.

References

  1. ↑ Pinto, Constâncio; Jardine, Matthew (1997). Inside the East Timor Resistance. James Lorimer & Company. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-55028-588-8. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Cristalis, Irena; Scott, Catherine; Andrade, Ximena (2005). Independent Women: The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor. CIIR. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-85287-317-2. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Krieger, Heike (1997). East Timor and the International Community: Basic Documents. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-521-58134-9. Retrieved 16 July 2012.


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