# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kumba-iala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:46.408Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kumba-iala"
name: "Kumba Ialá"
slug: "kumba-iala"
description: "Kumba Yalá Embaló, also spelled Ialá, was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Yalá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal."
tagline: "Bissau-Guinean politician (1953-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koumbayala.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-03-15"
deathDate: "2014-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.95968533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "كومبا يالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Κούμπα Ιαλά"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumba Yala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کومبا یالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "쿰바 이알라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Ial%C3%A1"
    title: "Kumba Ialá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump