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    Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 June 2009 following the assassination of President João Bernardo Vieira on 2 March 2009. As no...
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  • Thumbnail for Elections in Guinea-Bissau
    Elections in Guinea-Bissau take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a semi-presidential system. Both the President and the National...
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    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...
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    elected in the 2019 presidential election. As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Guinea-Bissau. The term limit has...
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    The politics of Guinea-Bissau take place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system, wherein the...
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  • The region now known as Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa, has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. During the 13th century AD, it was a province...
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    Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally...
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  • Thumbnail for 2012 Guinea-Bissau presidential election
    Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 18 March 2012 following the death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá on 9 January. A run-off was set...
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    João Bernardo Vieira (category 2009 in Guinea-Bissau)
    year's presidential election. Vieira was killed by soldiers on 2 March 2009, apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed Guinea-Bissau's military...
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    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...
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    Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions (singular: região, plural: regiões) and 1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo). The regions are subdivided into...
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    Kumba Ialá (category Presidents of Guinea-Bissau)
    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...
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    (Portuguese: Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) is a socialist political party in Guinea-Bissau. The party was established by Aregado Mantenque Té in Lisbon, Portugal...
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  • Thumbnail for Guinea-Bissau Civil War
    The Guinea-Bissau Civil War was fought from 7 June 1998 to 10 May 1999 and was triggered by an attempted coup d'état against the government of President...
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    Guinea-Bissau (/ˌɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/ ; Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau; Fula: 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, romanized: Gine-Bisaawo; Mandinka: ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫ Gine-Bisawo)...
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  • June 28 and July 26 - Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2009 Guinea-Bissau was at the Lusophony Games: Guinea-Bissau at the 2009 Lusophony Games. March...
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  • Thumbnail for 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
    On 30 November–1 December 2023, clashes broke out in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, between government forces and units of the National Guard who...
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  • Thumbnail for 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
    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...
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    José Mário Vaz (category Finance ministers of Guinea-Bissau)
    José Mário Vaz (born 10 December 1957) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as president of Guinea-Bissau from 23 June 2014 to 27 February 2020. Popularly...
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    Carlos Gomes Júnior (category Prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau)
    Gomes Júnior (born December 19, 1949) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 10 May 2004 to 2 November 2005, and again...
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  • Thumbnail for Outline of Guinea-Bissau
    an overview of and topical guide to Guinea-Bissau: Guinea-Bissau – country located in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is the 8th least extensive country in...
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    Malam Bacai Sanhá (category Presidents of Guinea-Bissau)
    May 1947 – 9 January 2012) was a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 8 September 2009 until his death on 9 January 2012...
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  • Thumbnail for Foreign relations of Guinea-Bissau
    The Republic of Guinea-Bissau follows a nonaligned foreign policy and seeks friendly and cooperative relations with a wide variety of states and organizations...
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    region in Guinea-Bissau. Its capital is Gabú. The region borders Senegal to the north, Guinea to the east and south and the Guinea-Bissau regions of...
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    the prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1973. Since Guinea-Bissau's unilateral declaration of...
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    Henrique Rosa (category Presidents of Guinea-Bissau)
    (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...
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  • Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the country's leading parties and is currently the main opposition party. Multi-party democracy was introduced to Guinea-Bissau...
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    country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte...
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    Oio Region (category Regions of Guinea-Bissau)
    the Guinea-Bissau regions of Bafatá, Bissau and Biombo to the east, the Rio Geba/Guinea-Bissau region of Quinara to the south and the Guinea-Bissau region...
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  • The 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt was the attempted military overthrow in Guinea-Bissau by dissident elements within the military against the João Bernardo...
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