Carlos Correia

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Carlos Correia (born November 6, 1933 ) was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from September 2015 to May 2016 . He previously held this office from 1991 to 1994, from 1997 to 1998 and from 2008 to 2009.

Political career

He belonged since the time of the War of Independence against Portugal the party Partido Africano da Indepencia since Guinea e Cabo Verde ( PAIGC ), which ruled the country until the 1999th He was Minister of Finance in the government of Francisco Mendès in the 1970s. In the 1980s he was a member of the Politburo of the PAIGC and in the State Council responsible for agriculture and fisheries.

prime minister

After the re-establishment of the office, which was abolished in 1984, he became Prime Minister for the first time on November 27, 1991 under President João Bernardo Vieira , who has ruled since 1980 . After free presidential and parliamentary elections were held for the first time in July 1994, in which the PAIGC won, its general secretary Manuel Satumino da Costa succeeded him as head of government on October 26, 1994.

After his release on May 26, 1997, he was reappointed Prime Minister on June 6, 1997. This appointment was rejected as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in October because President Vieira had not consulted Parliament beforehand. A week later he was confirmed in office. His second term, which lasted until December 3, 1998, was overshadowed by the start of the civil war following the rebellion of General Ansumané Mané , Chief of Staff of the Army , who was dismissed in June 1998 . In November 1998, the government and rebels, who now controlled much of the country, signed a peace agreement that lasted about three months.

Further career

After the fall of Vieira in May 1999, he was briefly detained with other followers of the former president.

During Kumba Ialá's presidency , he and four other PAIGC members were arrested in February 2003 for the execution of five people after an attempted coup in 1986, but released four days later.

In 2005 he was temporarily traded as his party's presidential candidate, but was then nominated for Malam Bacai Sanhá , who lost to the returned Vieira on July 24 in the second ballot.

In August 2008 Correia became Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau for the third time, and after the parliamentary elections on November 16, 2008, Carlos Gomes Júnior was entrusted with forming a government.

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