Baciro Djá is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the

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from 20 August 2015 to 17 September 2015 and from 27 May to 18 November 2016.

Early life

Baciro Djá was born on 31 January 1973. He graduated in social psychology from the

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, Cuba, in 1996. In 1998, he received a master's degree in psychopathology and clinical psychology at the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada in

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. From 2006 to 2008 Djá was Reform Project coordinator at Defense and Safety sector and also the president of the Institute of National Defense.

Political career

In 2008 he was elected a member of parliament, and in the same year he was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports. In 2011 and 2012 he served as Minister of National Defence. In 2012 he presented himself as an independent presidential candidate. He served as the third vice-president of the PAIGC, the majority party in the Guinean parliament. He is said to be fluent in Portuguese, French and Spanish. He became prime minister on 20 August 2015 and resigned on 9 September 2015 after 20 days in the post and just two days after appointing his cabinet. Djá handed in his resignation after the Supreme Court ruled his appointment violated the constitution, due to the fact that parliament was not properly consulted before he was instituted in the post. Djá was expelled on 20 November 2016 from the PAIGC party. He was accused to have shown contempt for the party statutes, through his attempt to become prime minister.Partido gobernante en Guinea Bissau expulsa a exprimer ministro
Prensa Latina Djá was the nominee for the 'Patriotic Front of National Salvation' in the 2019 Guinea-Bissau presidential election. He finished in 6th place with 1.28% of the vote.

References

, - 1973 births Ministers of defense of Guinea-Bissau Living people Prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau University of Havana alumni African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde politicians {{GuineaBissau-politician-stub