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Jose Ramos-Horta named UN envoy to G.Bissau

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as his new special representative to coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau.

This file photo shows Jose Ramos-Horta, pictured during a press conference in Dili, on March 19, 2012. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as his new special representative to coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau.

The man who helped bring independence to East Timor will also head up the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office (UNIOGBIS) in Guinea-Bissau.

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