José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader,political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister, 2000-, since independence: Nobel prize 1996.
Ra·mos-Hor·ta (rä'mŏŏs-ôr'tä) East Timorese resistance leader. An exiled spokesman for the liberation of East Timor from Indonesia, he shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize with Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo.