Aicha Binte Umar Bassarewan (Arabic: عائشة بنت عمر باشروان) is an East Timorese politician who was Vice-Minister of Planning and Finance in the National Parliament of East Timor from 2002 to 2007.
Bassareawan attended Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado, and completed a master's degree at the National University of East Timor (UNTL).
During the Indonesian occupation, she was a founding member of the Popular Organisation of East Timorese Women (OPMT),[1] and one of the volunteer teachers who taught literacy to adults and children, as well as revolutionary ideas.
[3][4][5] From 2009 to 2012, she was a deputy for Ana Pessoa Pinto MP, and a member of Standing Committee C,[6] the Commission for Economic Affairs, Finance and Anti-Corruption.
As of 2019, Bassarewan is non-executive member of the Board of Governors of the Central Bank of East Timor.