List of ambassadors of East Timor to China
List of Representatives

List of ambassadors of East Timor to China

Section Title: List of Representatives
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diplomatic agreement/designated	Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	President of East Timor	Premier of the People's Republic of China	Term end

May 20, 2002	The day Portuguese Timor gained independence the governments in Dili and in Beijing established diplomatic relations.	Xanana Gusmão	Zhu Rongji

December 14, 2004	Timor-Leste opens embassy in Beijing. Jose Ramos Horta, state minister and minister of foreign affairs and cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, presided over the inauguration ceremony of the Timor-Leste embassy in China.	Xanana Gusmão	Wen Jiabao

June 26, 2005	Leonor Cardoso Mendes Mota	Chargé d'affaires	Xanana Gusmão	Wen Jiabao	October 24, 2005

October 24, 2005	Olímpio Branco [de]	Xanana Gusmão	Wen Jiabao	February 15, 2011

November 2, 2010	February 15, 2011	Vicky Fun Ha Tchong	José Ramos-Horta	Wen Jiabao

November 19, 2015	February 29, 2016	Bendito Freitas [de]	No. 66/2015, É nomeado Embaixador Extraordinário e Plenipotenciário, o Sr. Bendito dos Santos Freitas, para a República Popular da China	Taur Matan Ruak	Li Keqiang

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Olimpio Branco served as the East Timor Ambassador to China from 2005.

final_sentence: Olimpio Branco served as the East Timor Ambassador to China from 2005.