Umaro Sissoco Embaló
✓ Source-basedfallingPresident of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025
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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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.
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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