Ângela Carrascalão

Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão (born 10 April 1951) is an East Timorese journalist, author, university teacher and former Minister of Justice. She is a member of the Timorese Democratic Union ( (UDT)). She is the current Ambassador of Timor-Leste to Brazil.

Early life and education Carrascalão was born in Caitucoloa, Liquiçá, in the then Portuguese Timor, one of thirteen children of Manuel Viegas Carrascalão, a Portuguese exile who married a Timorese woman. Several of her siblings have similarly occupied high political positions. Carrascalão attended Dili Primary School and the Dr. Francisco Machado High School, Dili, graduating in 1970.

On 12 October 2017, Carrascalão was appointed Minister of Justice in the VII Government of East Timor by decree of President Francisco Guterres, and sworn in on 17 October. Her term as minister ended with the accession of the VIII Government on 22 June 2018.

On 12 December 2022, Carrascalão took office as the ambassador of Timor-Leste to Brazil.

Publications 2002 - Timor, os Anos da Resistência 2012 - Taur Matan Ruak – a vida pela independência