Xanana Gusmao and Kirsty Sword Gusmao announce separation

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated March 22 2015 - 11:13am, first published 10:31am
Xanana Gusmao, son Alexandre and Kirsty Sword Gusmao in 2002. Photo: Craig Abraham
Xanana Gusmao, son Alexandre and Kirsty Sword Gusmao in 2002. Photo: Craig Abraham
President of East Timor Xanana Gusmao and his wife Kirsty Sword Gusmao on an official visit to Australia in 2008. Photo: Jason South
President of East Timor Xanana Gusmao and his wife Kirsty Sword Gusmao on an official visit to Australia in 2008. Photo: Jason South

East Timor's former president and prime minister Xanana Gusmao has separated from his Australian wife Kirsty Sword Gusmao, ending a fairytale 15-year marriage that began when the then resistance fighter fell in-love with a 20-year younger undercover agent who came to his jail cell in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

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