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The Presidential Palace of Guinea-Bissau Public Order Police officer during a parade in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau is a republic . [ 69 ] In the past, the government had been highly centralized.
The politics of Guinea-Bissau take place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system, wherein the President is head of state and the Prime Minister is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National ...
Since Guinea-Bissau's declaration of independence from Portugal on 24 September 1973, there have been twenty-two prime ministers and two acting prime ministers. The current holder of the office is Rui Duarte de Barros , who was appointed by a decree of president Umaro Sissoco Embaló on 21 December 2023.
João Bernardo Vieira (1939–2009)Chairman of the Council of the Revolution. 1984 1989 1994. 16 May 1984. 7 May 1999 (Deposed in a coup) 14 years, 356 days. PAIGC. President of the Republic from 29 September 1994. —. Brigadier general Ansumane Mané (c.1940–2000)Chairman of the Supreme Command of the Military Junta.
Contents. History of Guinea-Bissau. 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 later became independent as the Empire of Kaabu. Portugal claimed the region beginning in the 1450s. Portuguese control of the area was limited to several forts ...
1. Louis Lansana Beavogui. (1923–1984) 26 April 1972. 3 April 1984 [a] 11 years, 343 days. PDG–RDA. Ahmed Sékou Touré. (1958–1984)
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 had released two ministers accused of corruption from detention. The clashes led to the arrest of National Guard commander Colonel Victor Tchongo.
Mamady Doumbouya. On 5 September 2021, President of Guinea Alpha Condé was captured by the country's armed forces in a coup d'état after gunfire in the capital, Conakry. Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya released a broadcast on state television announcing the dissolution of the constitution and government. [1]