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Umaro Sissoco Embaló

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President of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025

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Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló is a Bissau-Guinean politician and former military officer who served as the sixth president of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in 2025. A member of the Madem G15 party, Embaló served as the 18th prime minister under President José Mário Vaz from 2016 to 2018.

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Umaro Sissoco Embaló
said · Nov 17, 2021
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We have lost almost half of the 48 years of independence, as Guinea-Bissau has been plunged into political crises of a different nature.

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (2021) cited in: "Guinea Bissau celebrates joint Independence, Armed Forces Day" in Africa News, 17 November 2021.

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Umaro Sissoco Embaló
said · 2022
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It wasn't just a coup. It was an attempt to kill the president, the prime minister and the entire cabinet.

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (2022) cited in: "President of Guinea-Bissau Reasserts Control After Fears of Another Coup in Africa" in The New York

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Awards 7

2024Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Palestine
Order of Amilcar Cabral
Supreme Order of the Renaissance
Order of the State of Palestine
National Order of the Lion of Senegal
Order of Prince Henry
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

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Born 1972 · age 54
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