Ansumané Mané

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Ansumané Mané (* 1940 ; † November 30, 2000 ) was briefly head of state of Guinea-Bissau in 1999 .

soldier

Mané was originally from Gambia . His father was a Gambier while his mother was from Guinea-Bissau. There he took part in the war of the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) against Portugal . He was considered a close follower of João Bernardo Vieira , who in 1980 to power a coup . 1986 Vieira appointed him chief of staff. From 1995 to 1996 Mané was Foreign Minister under President Vieira. As Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces , he was suspended on June 6, 1998 on charges of illegal arms deals. He is said to have delivered weapons to separatists in Casamance , a region in northern Guinea-Bissau and southern Senegal . In the civil war that followed, he was the leader of the rebels against Vieira, supported by the forces of Senegal and Guinea . During the civil war, Mané and Vieira met on October 29, 1998 in Gambia. Negotiations continued in Abuja , but despite several agreements, the conflict continued until the rebels succeeded in overthrowing Vieira.

After the fall of Vieira

Between May 7 and May 14, 1999, he was head of state before the function was passed to Parliament President Malam Bacai Sanhá . In June Mané and the other leaders of the new government allowed Vieira to go into exile . After the election of Kumba Ialá , he withdrew from politics, but then got into an argument with the new government over a list of posts and promotions for himself and his followers. Another attempted coup on November 23, 2000 failed and he was shot by government troops 30 km from Bissau . It remained unclear whether he was killed during the firefight or after his capture.

After Mané's death

Because of the coverage of Mané's death and the treatment of his supporters, President Ialá later prohibited the Portuguese broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portugesa from continuing to work in Guinea-Bissau. The case also clouded Guinea-Bissau's relations with Gambia, as its president Yahya Jammeh was accused of promoting " subversive activities" against the country. In June 2002 President Ialá threatened to "crush" the Gambia. After Ialá's fall in September 2003, the situation calmed down.

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SURNAME Mané, Ansumané
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guinea-Bissau politician, head of state of Guinea-Bissau
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2000