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    Kumba 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...
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  • government turned over power in February 2000 when opposition leader Kumba Ialá took office following two rounds of transparent presidential elections...
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  • 2004) was a Bissau-Guinean general, known for leading a coup that deposed Kumba Ialá on September 14, 2003. Correia Seabra was born in the capital city, Bissau...
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    Veríssimo Correia Seabra against incumbent President Kumba Ialá. Seabra referred to the "incapacity" of Ialá's government as justification for the takeover,...
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  • Kumba can refer to: Kumba is a city in Southwest Province, Cameroon Kumba (fish) is a genus of fishes in the family Macrouridae Kumba Ialá (also spelled...
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    second with 23.37% of the vote to Kumba Ialá's 38.81%. In the run-off held on 16 January 2000, he was soundly defeated by Ialá, who received 72% of the vote...
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  • 1991, and the PRS was established on 14 January 1992 by Kumba Ialá, a former PAIGC member. Ialá was the party's presidential candidate in the 1994 general...
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    the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and opposition leader Kumba Ialá. Sanhá won with a substantial majority in the second round, according...
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    chaos in the country, including a coup d'état that overthrew President Kumba Ialá in September 2003. The former ruling party, the African Party for the...
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    again in 2000, and Kumba Ialá was elected president. In September 2003, a military coup was conducted. The military arrested Ialá on the charge of being...
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  • approves joining the European Union. 2003 – Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo...
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    failure 14 September 2003  Guinea-Bissau 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état Kumba Ialá Veríssimo Correia Seabra Coup successful 7 October 2003  Burkina Faso...
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    The presidential election resulted in a victory for opposition leader Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), who defeated Malam Bacai Sanhá...
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    the introduction of the direct election of the president. Vieira beat Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) in the run-off, while the PAIGC...
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  • election, held in January 2000, Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) was victorious. Prior to the election, Ialá had already said that it would...
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    Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), who defeated Kumba Ialá of Social Renewal Party in the second round. In the Assembly election...
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    vote against Kumba Ialá's 72.0%. The military junta led by Mane supported his candidacy. Following a 2003 military coup that ousted Ialá and a period...
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    "largely recycled." Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá were said to be the frontrunners in the election. Ialá's support base was primarily based on his Balanta...
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    PRS presidential candidate, Kumba Ialá, placed first winning 38.81% of the vote. In a run-off held on 16 January 2000, Ialá easily defeated acting President...
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    da Amura along with other heads of state such as Malam Bacai Sanhá and Kumba Ialá, in the fortress where the General Staff of the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces...
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  • Guinea-Bissau & Vice President of Guinea-Bissau (1977–1980) 1999 Overthrown Kumba Ialá  Guinea-Bissau President of Guinea-Bissau (2000–2003) 2003 Overthrown...
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    Veríssimo Correia Seabra led a bloodless military coup against President Kumba Ialá. 2003 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt: A plot to overthrow President Blaise...
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    following a military coup that deposed the elected government of President Kumba Ialá on 14 September, and subsequent talks between political officials, civil...
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    second round of a presidential election between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá. The coup started in the evening with military personnel and equipment...
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  • Bernardo Vieira. September 14, 2003: Veríssimo Correia Seabra overthrew Kumba Ialá. December 27, 2011: Attempted coup. April 12, 2012: Mutinous troops overthrew...
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  • – Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (b. 1939) 2014 – Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b...
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  • Kumba Yalla is a member of the Balanta people and was often seen wearing a red hat as a sign that he had completed the Fanado initiation. Kumba Ialá,...
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    (1947–2012) Acting president — 14 May 1999 17 February 2000 279 days PAIGC 3 Kumba Ialá (1953–2014) 1999–2000 17 February 2000 14 September 2003 (Deposed in a...
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    two-round system; João Bernardo Vieira of the PAIGC narrowly defeated Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) by 52%–48% in the second round of...
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  • (Portuguese: Frente Democratica Social, FDS), of which former President Kumba Ialá was once a member. He died in a Dakar hospital in Senegal following intensive...
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