Raimundo Pereira

Raimundo Pereira
Pereira in 2009
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 (1956-08-28) August 28, 1956 (age 68)[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.