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Honorable
Ana Pessoa Pinto
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3rd Minister of Justice
In office
20 September 2001 – 19 March 2003
Preceded by Gita Honwana-Welch
Succeeded by Domingos Maria Sarmento
Personal details
Born
Ana Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pinto

(1956-01-05) 5 January 1956 (age 68)
Bobonaro, Portuguese Timor
Political party Fretilin
Spouse
(divorced)
Children Loro Horta
Occupation Politician of East Timor

Ana Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pinto (born January 5, 1956) is an East Timorese politician who serves as the country's prosecutor general.

Career

Pinto has served as a prosecutor general of East Timor since 27 March 2009. and former Minister for State and Internal Administration during the Alkatiri-lead Fretilin government from 2002 - 2007. She is a member of the Fretilin Central Committee. During the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) from 1999 to 2002, Pessoa was the Cabinet Member for the Interior before being appointed as the Justice Minister in the East Timor Transitional Administration (ETTA).

Personal life

More commonly known as Ana Pessoa, she was elected to the National Parliament in the 2007 legislative elections.

Her family originates from the western town of Maliana. A lawyer by training, she held a judicial position in Mozambique during the years of exile.

She is the former wife of José Ramos-Horta, the current president. They have a son, Loro.

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