VICTORIA UNIVERSITY INVITES YOU TO:

"A BRIDGE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC"
A PUBLIC LECTURE BY EAST TIMOR’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER, DR MARI ALKATIRI

Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 6:00pm
Victoria University, Queen Street Campus (near Flagstaff Station)
Sir Zelman Cowen Centre Lecture Theatre
295 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

RSVP by Tuesday, 21 October
to Jean McLean Phone: 9919 1284
or email: jean.mclean@vu.edu.au

Dr Mari Alkatiri had his early training in surveying. During the twenty four years of the occupation of his country he studied and later taught Law at Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, while representing the Timorese independence movement each year at the United Nations.

He held the position of Prime Minister in Timor-Leste from 2002 to 2006 where his greatest achievement was securing a favourable deal from Australia in relation to oil and gas in the Timor Sea, and securing the country’s financial future with the establishment of the Petroleum Fund.

He is Secretary General of FRETILIN, the largest party in the Parliament of Timor-Leste, of which he is a founding member.