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    General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 3 July 1994, with a second round for the presidential election on 7 August. They were the first multi-party...
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    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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    in civilian leadership since multi-party elections were instituted in 1994. In the past 16 years, Guinea-Bissau has experienced two coups, a civil war,...
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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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    The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência da Guiné-Bissau), also known as the Bissau-Guinean War of Independence, was...
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  • Thumbnail for 1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
    General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 November 1999, with a second round for the presidential election on 16 January 2000. The presidential...
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    João Bernardo Vieira (category 2009 in Guinea-Bissau)
    ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day...
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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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  • People have inhabited the region now known as Guinea-Bissau for thousands of years. In the 13th century, it became a province of the Mali Empire that...
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    of elections, Umaro Sissoco Embaló won the runoff vote against Simões Pereira, 54% to 46%. Politics of Guinea-Bissau List of captains-major of Bissau List...
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    1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 14 November 1980, led by Prime Minister General João...
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    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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    Guinea-Bissau (/ˌɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/ GHIN-ee bi-SOW; Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau; Fula: 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, romanized: Gine-Bisaawo; Mandinka: ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Malam Bacai Sanhá (category Presidents of Guinea-Bissau)
    sɐˈɲa]) (5 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...
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  • government. Led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané, the coup attempt plunged the republic into the year-long Guinea-Bissau civil war, resulting in as many...
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    Independence of Guinea (Portuguese: Frente de Luta pela Independência Nacional da Guiné, FLING) was a political movement in Guinea-Bissau. Founded by groups...
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    The 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 14 September 2003, led by General Veríssimo Correia...
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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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  • Adja Satú Camará (category Women government ministers of Guinea-Bissau)
    National Popular Assembly in the 1994 Guinea-Bissau general election, the first multi-party leguislative elections, and was re-elected in 1999 and 2004...
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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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  • Carlos Correia (category Finance ministers of Guinea-Bissau)
    (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...
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    Domingos Simões Pereira (category Prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau)
    Simões Pereira (born 20 October 1963) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served...
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  • following elections occurred in the year 1994. 1994 Botswana general election 1994 Guinea-Bissau general election 1994 Malawian general election 1994 Mozambican...
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    the 2014 general elections was rejected by the Supreme Court. Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Scarecrow...
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  • Manuel Saturnino da Costa (category Members of the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau))
    1942 – 10 March 2021) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 26 October 1994 to 6 June 1997. From 1977 he...
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    release Condé and other detainees and to return to constitutional order.  Guinea-Bissau: A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on 6 September...
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