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Party For Social Renewal
The Party for Social Renewal ( pt, Partido da Renovação Social, PRS) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the country's leading parties and is currently the main opposition party. History 1990s Multi-party democracy was introduced to Guinea-Bissau by the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in May 1991, and the PRS was established on 14 January 1992 by Kumba Ialá, a former PAIGC member. Ialá was the party's presidential candidate in the 1994 general elections. He received 22% of the vote in the first round on 3 July,Elections in Guinea-Bissau African Elections Database progressing to the run-off. Although the other opposition parties united behind him he lost to incumbent President |
Prime Minister Of Guinea-Bissau
This article lists the prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1973. Since Guinea-Bissau's declaration of independence from Portugal on 24 September 1974, there have been twenty prime ministers and two acting prime ministers. The current holder of the office is Nuno Gomes Nabiam, who was appointed by a decree of president Umaro Sissoco Embaló on 28 February 2020. List of officeholders ;Political parties ;Other factions ;Symbols Notes Timeline See also * Politics of Guinea-Bissau * List of captains-major of Bissau * List of captains-major of Cacheu * List of governors of Portuguese Guinea * List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau * Vice President of Guinea-Bissau External links World Statesmen – Guinea-Bissau {{DEFAULTSORT:Prime Ministers of Guinea-Bissau Government of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumba Ialá
Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá (15 March 1953 – 4 April 2014), 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 Ialá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. In 2014, Ialá died from a cardiopulmonary arrest. Early life Born to a farming family in Bula, Cacheu Region on 15 March 1953, Ialá became a militant member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) during his teenage years. The PAIGC sought independence from Portuguese colonial rule."Guinea-Bissau's Kumba Yala: from crisis to crisis" ''Afrol.com'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistance Of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement
The Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (, RGB-MB) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Once the main opposition organisation in the country, it is today a minor party without parliamentary representation. History The party was established as the Bafatá Movement in Portugal on 27 July 1986 by Domingos Fernandes Gomes after his childhood friend Viriato Rodrigues Pa was executed along with five others accused of attempting to overthrow the regime of João Bernardo Vieira.Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p359 With the organisation gaining support from the large population of expatriate Guineans in Portugal, the PAIGC government started attempts to assassinate the RGB leadership. In 1991 it adopted its current name. When multi-party politics was introduced in the early 1990s, the 1994 general elections saw the RGB become the largest opposition party to the PAIGC in the National People's Assembly, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Correia
Carlos Correia (6 November 1933 – 14 August 2021) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 17 September 2015 to 12 May 2016. Previously he was Prime Minister from 27 December 1991 to 26 October 1994, from 6 June 1997 to 3 December 1998, and from 5 August 2008 to 25 December 2008. Biography Correia was born in Bissau on 6 November 1933 .José Sousa Dias"Guiné-Bissau: Carlos Correia - Perfil", Lusa news agency, 6 August 2008 . He was trained in East Germany as an agricultural engineer. During Guinea-Bissau's war for independence, Correia was a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which ruled the country until 1999. In the administration of Francisco Mendès in the 1970s, Correia was Minister of Finance. In the 1980s, he was a member of the Politburo of the PAIGC and responsible for agriculture and fishery in the state council. When the office of Prime Minister was created again after having been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinho Ndafa Kabi
''This name uses Portuguese naming customs. the first or maternal family name is Ndafa and the second or paternal family name is Kabi.'' Martinho Ndafa Kabi (born September 17, 1957Profile on PAIGC website (in Portuguese).) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the of from 13 April 2007"Martinho Ndafa Kabi takes office as Guinea Bissau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides Gomes
Aristides Gomes (born 8 November 1954 .) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the 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"President appoints controversial new prime minister" IRIN, November 2, 2005. to 13 April 2007. He has subsequently served as President of the |
United Social Democratic Party
The United Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Unido Social Democrático, PUSD) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Guinea-Bissau. History The party was established on 30 May 1991 and legalised on 6 June 1992.Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p328 Victor Saúde Maria was its initial leader. In the 1994 general elections Saúde Maria finished seventh in the presidential elections with 2% of the vote, and the party failed to win a seat in the National People's Assembly. Saúde Maria died on 25 October 1999, and a subsequent leadership crisis prevented it from contesting the 1999 general elections. Former Prime Minister Francisco Fadul was elected as the President of the PUSD on 18 December 2002 at a party convention in Bissau.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 272. In the 2004 parliamentary elections the party received 17.6% of the vote and wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau Presidential Election, 2005
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. Background Following the coup, a civilian government was nominated to oversee the transition and sworn in on 28 September 2003. Henrique Rosa was appointed interim President following talks with military, political, and civil society leaders, while Artur Sanhá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) was named Prime Minister. A legislative election, delayed numerous times during the presidency of Kumba Ialá, took place on 28 March 2004. The poll was declared free and fair by election observers and the former ruling party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau Legislative Election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 March 2004 after repeated postponements caused by political and financial chaos in the country, including a coup d'état that overthrew President Kumba Ialá in September 2003. The former ruling party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), won the largest number of seats, but did not obtain a majority. Former President Yala's party, the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), came second with 35 seats. The PAIGC reached an agreement with the PRS for its legislative support (a previous attempt at reaching a deal with the United Social Democratic Party, which won 17 seats, failed), and in May 2004 the new parliament was sworn in, with PAIGC leader Carlos Gomes Júnior becoming Prime Minister. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrique Rosa
Henrique Pereira Rosa (18 January 1946 – 15 May 2013) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 2003 to 2005. He was born in 1946 in Bafatá. Interim President of Guinea-Bissau Rosa served as the interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 28 September 2003 until 1 October 2005. His appointment came following a military coup that deposed the elected government of President Kumba Ialá on 14 September, and subsequent talks between political officials, civil society leaders, and the Military Committee for the Restitution of Constitutional and Democratic Order, led by Veríssimo Correia Seabra. The main goal of the Rosa-led caretaker government was to administer elections that would return the country to constitutional, democratic rule. This was achieved in March 2004 with the holding of a free and fair legislative election. A presidential election held in June and July 2005 was also considered democratic and transparent. The latter election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Sanhá
''This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Artur and the second or paternal family name is Sanhá.'' António Artur Sanhá (born 1965) is a Bissau-Guinean politician. He was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 28 September 2003 to 10 May 2004 and also served as Secretary-General of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS). Career Following the election of PRS leader Kumba Ialá as President, Sanhá was appointed as Minister of Internal Administration in the government named on 19 February 2000, under Prime Minister Caetano N'Tchama. In March 2001, the PRS wanted Ialá to appoint Sanhá, the Secretary-General of the PRS,"Guinea-Bissau leader and ruling party disagree over prime ministerial post", RDP Africa web site (nl.newsbank.com), March 14, 2001. as Prime Minister to replace N'Tchama, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veríssimo Correia Seabra
Veríssimo Correia Seabra (February 16, 1947 – October 6, 2004) was a Guinea-Bissau, Bissau-Guinean general, known for leading a coup that deposed Kumba Ialá on September 14, 2003. Early life Correia Seabra was born in the capital city, Bissau, on February 16, 1947. He belonged to the Papel people, Papel minority. In 1963, at the age of 16, Correia Seabra joined the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) as a guerilla fighting against Portugal, Portuguese colonial rule. Three years later, he was sent to study electronic engineering in Bulgaria. In 1971, he attended an artillery school in the Soviet Union. On his return to the bush war in Guinea-Bissau, he was out in charge of an artillery unit near the southern border with Guinea. In 1976, he was sent to Portugal for officer training. Career In the years following independence, Correia Seabra played a key role in the internal politics of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
