Nino Konis Santana
{{Short description|East Timorese freedom fighter}}
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Nino Konis Santana (12 January 1957 in Vero, Tutuala, Lautém District – 11 March 1998 in Ermera District){{cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.tl/mag/mag3/pdf/pg37.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021030610/http://www.presidencia.tl/mag/mag3/pdf/pg37.pdf |archive-date=21 October 2014|title=Nino Konis Santana}} was an East Timorese freedom fighter who led the Falintil militia between April 1993 and his death in March 1998 during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, succeeding {{ill|Ma'huno Bulerek Karathayano|id|v=ib}} after the latter's capture in 1993. Santana died in an accident, after he was shot in the leg during an Indonesian ambush. He was succeeded by Taur Matan Ruak.
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Category:East Timorese politicians
Category:People from Lautém Municipality
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Category:East Timorese military personnel
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