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Events in the year 2020 in Guinea-Bissau .
The politics of Guinea-Bissau take place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system, wherein the President is head of state and the Prime Minister is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National People's Assembly.
Soares Sambú is a Bissau-Guinean engineer and politician who was deputy of the National People's Assembly and minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, an agency that accumulates the functions of deputy head of government.
José Mário Vaz is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as president of Guinea-Bissau from 23 June 2014 to 27 February 2020.
Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló is a Bissau-Guinean politician serving as the president of Guinea-Bissau since February 2020. He is a political scientist and military officer who previously served as prime minister between November 2016 and January 2018.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. the first or maternal family name is Artur and the second or paternal family name is Da Silva.
Umaro Embaló is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he is a youth international for Portugal.
Madem-G15, is a political party in Guinea-Bissau founded by former members of PAIGC in 2018, named for the 15 members who left the PAIGC. Notably, it won 27, the second most seats, of 102 seats in the 2019 legislative election of Guinea-Bissau in its first election showing. On 28 February 2020, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a member of Madem-G15, took office as President of Guinea-Bissau in a contested election. The party supports former President José Mário Vaz in his dispute with reformist Domingos Simões Pereira.
The Assembly of the People United–Democratic Party of Guinea-Bissau is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 24 November 2019. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 29 December. Incumbent president José Mário Vaz finished fourth in the first round of voting, failing to progress to the runoff. Umaro Sissoco Embaló won the second round with 54% of the vote.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea-Bissau is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Guinea-Bissau in March 2020.
Nuno Gomes Nabiam is a Bissau-Guinean politician who has been the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau since 28 February 2020. He is a political scientist and military officer who had previously served as President of Guinea-Bissau acting between 1 June 2021 and 15 June 2021.
Carmelita Pires is a Bissau-Guinean lawyer and politician. She was the Minister for Justice. She was the third woman to be a minister in her country.
Botche Candé is a Guinean Bissauan politician. Since 2020, he has been Minister of Interior in the government of prime minister Nuno Nabiam of Guinea Bissau.
Sana Canté is a Guinean jurist and activist. He chaired the Vigilant Non-Compliant Citizen's Movement over the years of the political and parliamentary crisis and was one of the most critical voices to the presidency of José Mário Vaz.
Events in the year 2021 in Guinea-Bissau.
A coup d'état was attempted in Guinea-Bissau on 1 February 2022. A few hours later, president Umaro Sissoco Embaló declared the coup over, he said that "many" members of the security forces had been killed in a "failed attack against democracy."
Events in the year 2022 in Guinea-Bissau.
Events in the year 2023 in Guinea-Bissau.
The Guinean Workers' Party is a Guinea-Bissau political party, founded in 2021 by then-time Minister of the Interior Botche Candé.
