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Also known as Mohamed Ialá Embaló, Kumba Iala, Mohamed Iala Embalo, Kumba Ialá Embaló

Bissau-Guinean politician (1953-2014)

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Kumba Yalá Embaló (1953–2014) was a Guinean politician and member of the Balanta ethnic group. Born in Bula, he was a citizen of Guinea-Bissau and practiced Islam. He received his education at the Catholic University of Portugal and spoke Portuguese. Throughout his career, he was affiliated with the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde and the Party for Social Renewal.

Yalá served as the President of Guinea-Bissau. He died on April 4, 2014, in Bissau from natural causes, specifically cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction. He is buried at the Fortaleza de São José da Amura.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium

Discography

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Key facts

Prime minister
Caetano N'Tchama , Faustino Imbali , Alamara Nhassé , Mário Pires
Preceded by
Malam Bacai Sanhá (Acting)
Succeeded by
Veríssimo Correia Seabra (as Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order)
Born
( 1953-03-15 ) 15 March 1953, Bula , Portuguese Guinea
Died
4 April 2014 (2014-04-04) (aged 61), Bissau , Guinea-Bissau
Cause of death
Cardiac arrest
Resting place
Fortaleza de São José da Amura
Party
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Before 1992) , Party for Social Renewal (1992–2014)
Spouse
Elisabete Yala
Alma mater
Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon

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Encyclopedic overview

Kumba Yalá Embaló, also spelled Ialá (15 March 1953 – 4 April 2014), was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Yalá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal.

Early life

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