SWORD

Kirsty

19 April 1966 — 

AKA: née Sword, Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, Ruby Blade 

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Additional Information

Special Achievements

  • 2005 - First Australian woman to be First Lady of East Timor (married President Xanana Gusmao).

Additional Information

  • June 2015 - Sword Gusmão was appointed an officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "For distinguished service to Australia-Timor-Leste relations through the development of mutual cooperation and understanding, particularly in the education sector, and as an advocate for improved health and living conditions for the Timorese people.

Resources

References

  • Curro, Tracey.  (2006, March).  Mother of the nation.  WW, 60-64.
  • Curro, Tracey.  (2006, July).  Heartbreak in East Timor.  WW, 41-42.
  • (2008, October).  Kirsty Sword:  First Australian First Lady of a foreign nation.  WW, 94.

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Pan Macmillan Australia

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Image - Kirsty Sword Gusmão

Description: Kirsty Sword Gusmão, first lady of Timor Leste, accepts a shipboard plaque from the USS Reuben James (FFG 57). Date: 21 February 2010, 20:38:37 Source: USS Reuben James Arrives in Dili, East Timor Author: Ensign Ben Dalton, Reuben James Public Affairs

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