Manuel Saturnino da Costa

Manuel Saturnino da Costa (* 1942 ) was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 1994 to 1997 .

Political career

He joined the independence movement and later unity party, Partido Africano da Indepencia da Guinea e Cabo Verde ( PAIGC ), which led a guerrilla war against Portugal until 1974 . During the presidency of João Bernardo Vieira , who came to power through a coup in 1980 , he became General Secretary of the PAIGC.

The PAIGC won the first free parliamentary elections in July 1994 and he became Prime Minister on October 26, 1994. An important event of his tenure was the accession to the West African Economic and Monetary Union and the replacement of the previous currency Guinea Peso by the CFA franc on May 2, 1997. After his dismissal by President Vieira on May 26, 1997, his predecessor Carlos Correia was the beginning June 1997 his successor in office.

See also

• History of Guinea-Bissau