Related Research Articles
Lansana Conté was a Guinean politician and military official who served as the second president of Guinea,from 3 April 1984 until his death on 22 December 2008. Contécame to power in the 1984 Guinean coup d'état.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs:the first or maternal family name is Artur and the second or paternal family name is Sanhá.
Kumba IaláEmbaló,also spelled Yalá,was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed IaláEmbaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. In 2014,Ialádied from a cardiopulmonary arrest.
Veríssimo Correia Seabra was a Bissau-Guinean general,known for leading a coup that deposed Kumba Ialáon September 14,2003.
Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 10 May 2004 to 2 November 2005,and again from 25 December 2008 to 10 February 2012. He has been the President of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) since 2002 and is widely known as "Cadogo". He resigned as prime minister on 10 February 2012 to run in the presidential election triggered by President Malam Bacai Sanhá's death on 9 January.
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal,the party turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was one of the belligerents in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. Towards the end of the war,the party established a socialist one-party state,which remained intact until multi-party democracy was introduced in the early 1990s. Although the party won the first multi-party elections in 1994,it was removed from power in the 1999–2000 elections. However,it returned to office after winning parliamentary elections in 2004 and presidential elections in 2005,since which it has remained the largest party in the National People's Assembly.
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999,except for a three-day period in May 1984,and from 2005 until his assassination in 2009.
Cellou Dalein Diallo is a Guinean economist and politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea from 2004 to 2006. Previously he held a succession of ministerial posts in the government from 1996 to 2004. Currently he is President of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG),an opposition party. He was a candidate in the 2020 Guinean presidential election but lost to incumbent Alpha Condé.
Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 19 June 2005,with a second round runoff on 24 July. The elections marked the end of a transition to democratic rule after the previously elected government was overthrown in a September 2003 military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. The result was a victory for former president and independent candidate João Bernardo Vieira.
Saleh Kebzabo is a Chadian politician. He is the President of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR) and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad. He was designated Prime Minister by president Mahamat Déby on 12 October 2022.
The Party for Social Renewal is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the country's leading parties and is currently the main opposition party.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs:the first or maternal family name is Ntchia and the second or paternal family name is Nhassé.
Caetano N'Tchama was a Bissau-Guinean politician and former Prime Minister. He held that position from 19 February 2000 to 19 March 2001 and was a member of the Social Renewal Party (PRS).
Francisco JoséFadul is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister from 3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000. He led the United Social Democratic Party (PUSD),one of the country's main political parties,from 2002 to 2006.
Ansumane Mané was a Bissau-Guinean soldier who led a 1998 uprising against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira,which caused a brief but bloody civil war.
Aristides Gomes is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 8 November 2019 until 28 February 2020. He previously served as Prime Minister from April 2018 to October 2019,and again from 2 November 2005 to 13 April 2007. He has subsequently served as President of the Republican Party for Independence and Development (PRID).
Amadou Boubacar Cissé is a Nigerien politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Niger on two occasions,from 8 to 21 February 1995 and again from 21 December 1996 to 27 November 1997. He has led a political party,the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Tabbat) since 1999. He was appointed as Minister of State for Planning in 2011.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. the first or maternal family name is Ndafa and the second or paternal family name is Kabi.
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 16 November 2008. The result was a victory for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC),which won 67 out of the 100 seats in the National People's Assembly,while the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) won 28 seats.
Ignacio Milam Tang is an Equatoguinean politician who was Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea from July 2008 to May 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE). From May 2012 to June 2016,he was First Vice President of Equatorial Guinea,serving alongside President Obiang's son,Teodorín.
References
- 1 2 Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Scarecrow Press, p229
- ↑ Lusa (2012-06-22). "Governo de transição da Guiné-Bissau admite "questionar" presença na CPLP". RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). RTP . Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- 1 2 Elections in Guinea-Bissau, African Elections Database.
- ↑ "Le gouvernement de la GUINEE BISSAU formé le 19 February 2000" Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , Afrique Express(in French).
- ↑ "Guinea-Bissau: Agency gives full cabinet list", PANA news agency (nl.newsbank.com), February 22, 2000.
- ↑ "Le gouvernement de GUINEE BISSAU formé le 25 January 2001" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Afrique Express(in French).
- ↑ Rulers.org, January 2001.
- ↑ "Uncertainty hangs over dismissal of prime minister", IRIN, March 21, 2001.
- ↑ "Opposition drops no-confidence motion", IRIN, May 2, 2001.
- ↑ "Guinea-Bissau gets new PM", BBC.co.uk, December 8, 2001.
- ↑ "Yala appoints new prime minister", IRIN, December 10, 2001.
- ↑ "President threatens former PM with prison", IRIN, April 8, 2002.
- ↑ "Guinea-Bissau ex-PM severely beaten but alive", AFP, 6 June 2009.
 | ||
* acting | ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
