Raimundo Pereira | |
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President of Guinea-Bissau Acting | |
In office 9 January 2012 – 12 April 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Carlos Gomes Adiato Djaló Nandigna (Acting) |
Preceded by | Malam Bacai Sanhá |
Succeeded by | Mamadu Ture Kuruma (Chairman of the Military Command) |
In office 3 March 2009 – 8 September 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Carlos Gomes |
Preceded by | João Bernardo Vieira |
Succeeded by | Malam Bacai Sanhá |
President of the National People's Assembly | |
In office 8 September 2009 – 9 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting) |
In office 22 December 2008 – 3 March 2009 | |
Preceded by | Francisco Benante |
Succeeded by | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira August 28, 1956[1] Dar Salam, Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau)[citation needed] |
Political party | PAIGC |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira (born 1956) is a Bissau-Guinean lawyer and politician who was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009 and again in 2012, following the departure of President Malam Bacai Sanhá for medical treatment abroad; he continued in that capacity after Sanha's death. Pereira was elected as President of the National People's Assembly on 22 December 2008. Pereira is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He was ousted in a coup on 12 April 2012 and succeeded by Mamadu Ture Kuruma.