Mr. Babo was appointed President of the Civil Protection Authority in 2022. He was previously part of the Timor-Leste police force, in 2013 he held the rank of Superintendent Assistant and accompanied Jose Ramos-Horta as UN Special Representative to Guinea-Bissau, where he was awarded the Comemorativa de Comissão de Serviço Especial. From 2016 to 2019 President Babo was National Director for Road Safety at the Ministry of Interior before being appointed Director General for Operational Services at the Civil Protection Authority.