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==Life==
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Alkatiri's ancestors were [[Hadhrami people|Hadhrami]] merchants who lived in [[Portuguese Timor]], he was born in [[Dili]], and had 10 other siblings. He left East Timor in 1970 for post-secondary studies in [[Portuguese Angola]], returning to East Timor as one of the founders of Fretilin, becoming its Minister for Political Affairs. Following Fretilin's declaration of independence for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on 28 November 1975, Alkatiri was sent overseas as part of a high-level diplomatic mission. After [[Indonesia]] invaded the nascent nation on 7 December 1975, Alkatiri and his colleagues were unable to return, and he established the headquarters of the Fretilin External Delegation in [[Maputo]], [[Mozambique]].
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