Zamora Induta (born 28 May 1966) is a Guinea-Bissauan

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

. He was the Chief of Staff of the

Military of Guinea-Bissau The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People ( pt, Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo) or FARP are the national military of Guinea-Bissau. They consist of an Army, Navy, Air Force and paramilitary forces. The World Bank estimated that ther ...

from October 27, 2009 to April 1, 2010. He was born in

Bissau Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...

and after leaving school served in the Navy branch of the

Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People ( pt, Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo) or FARP were originally the armed wing of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde during the struggle against Portuguese rule in G ...

(Portuguese:''Forças Armadas Revolucionarias do Povo'', FARP), the armed wing of the

African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from ...

(Portuguese: ''Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde'', PAIGC). PAIGC had been established in 1956 under the leadership of Amilcar Cabral to achieve independence from Portugal, by violent means if necessary. Many years after independence had been secured and PAIGC had taken power he was arrested and imprisoned for eight months in 2010 by rebel forces during the 2010 Guinea-Bissau military uprising against the PAIGC regime. He was arrested again in 2012 following the

2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état On 12 April 2012, a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau was staged by elements of the armed forces about two weeks before the second round of a presidential election between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá. The coup started in the evening with m ...

and accused of terrorism against the Guinean state. He was obliged to spend the next few years in exile in Lisbon, not returning to Guinea-Bissau until July 2015.

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Living people Bissau-Guinean military personnel 1966 births {{GuineaBissau-bio-stub

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