Carlos Gomes Júnior

Carlos Gomes Júnior

Carlos Gomes Júnior , called Cadogo (born December 19, 1949 in Bolama ) was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2004 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2012 .

Life

From 1963 to 1967 he attended high school in Portugal , after which he went to the commercial school in Bissau . After the country gained independence from Portugal, he studied finance and banking in Dakar and Québec . He later became a banker and businessman. He is considered the richest man in Guinea-Bissau.

In addition to various positions in the economic life of Guinea-Bissau, Gomes is the founder and president of the Rotary Club there .

Political career

Gomes has been a member of the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) party, which ruled the country until 1999, since the War of Independence against Portugal . In 1996 he became a member of the People's Assembly and Vice-President of Parliament. He has been a member of the PAIGC Politburo since 1998 and has been party leader since February 2002.

After his party's election victory in March 2004, he became Prime Minister of a coalition government on May 9, 2004. The PAIGC alone received 33.88% of the vote in the elections.

On October 6, 2004, the Army Chief of Staff , Veríssimo Correia Seabra , was murdered in a mutiny . Gomes said that it was former members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force ( UNMIL ) who had previously been stationed in Liberia and had been raised because of outstanding wages.

In October 2005, 14 of the 45 PAIGC MPs split from the party. Gomes declined to resign. Another problem was his tense relationship with President João Bernardo Vieira , who had been in office again on October 1 . Gomes had spoken out against Vieira during the presidential election and supported his fellow party member Malam Bacai Sanhá . After the first meeting since the election, they both agreed to cohabitation . On October 29, 2005, President Vieira announced the dismissal of Gomes and his government. Aristides Gomes , one of the 14 MPs who left the PAIGC parliamentary group, was appointed his successor on November 2, 2005 and was sworn in immediately.

After the parliamentary elections on November 16, 2008, in which the PAIGC was able to win a two-thirds majority of the seats, Gomes was tasked with forming a government and sworn in as Prime Minister on January 2, 2009. On February 10, 2012, he resigned from the post of Prime Minister to run for the presidential election. He appointed Adiato Diallo Nandigna, Minister of Communications, as his acting successor . After Gomes Júnior narrowly missed an absolute majority with 49% in the first round of the presidential elections in March 2012, the government was overthrown by a military coup on April 12, 2012, before the second round scheduled for April 29th. Gomes Júnior and interim president Raimundo Pereira were arrested by the putschists.

Awards

• Ordem de Timor-Leste (Collar 2011)

See also

• History of Guinea-Bissau

Web links

• Biography on the PAIGC website (Portuguese)
• Liberation on the current situation, October 19, 2005 (French)
• Liberation on the current situation, October 21, 2005 (French)
• IRIN NEWS dismissal of Gomes 31 October, 2005 (english)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guinea-Bissau: Guinea Bissau names female interim PM. (No longer available online.) In: /portaltoafrica.com. Formerly in the original ; accessed on April 22, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ^ Guinea-Bissau military attack parts of capital. In: BBC. Retrieved April 22, 2012 (English).  
3. ^ Putsch in Guinea-Bissau. In: FAZ. April 13, 2012, Retrieved April 22, 2012 .  
4. ^ Soldiers arrest the president of Guinea-Bissau. In: Suddeutsche Zeitung. April 13, 2012, Retrieved April 22, 2012 .  
5. ↑ Jornal da República: Decreto do Presidente da República n ° 34/2011 de 20 Maio , accessed on March 31.