Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde

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PAIGC headquarters in Bissau

The Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde ( PAIGC ; Portuguese for "African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde " or "African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde" ) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau .

1956 to 1990

Situation in Portuguese Guinea in 1970
Control post in the struggle for independence in 1974

The PAIGC, founded on September 19, 1956 by Aristides Pereira , Amílcar Cabral , his brother Luís de Almeida Cabral and others, was originally a Marxist- inspired independence movement. From 1963 to 1974 she waged a guerrilla war against the Portuguese colonial power.

After Amílcar Cabral's assassination in January 1973, the PAIGC proclaimed the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on September 24, 1973. The initially unilateral declaration of independence of what was then Portuguese Guinea was also recognized by Portugal in 1974 after the “ Carnation Revolution ” . Cape Verde gained independence in 1975.

After the independence of both countries, the PAIGC ruled in both countries as a single party . A coup in Guinea-Bissau on November 14, 1980 led to the separation of the previously common party in 1981. The Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde (PAICV) was founded for Cape Verde and the unification of the two countries is no longer sought.

Since 1991

Even after the introduction of democracy in both countries in the early 1990s, the parties were initially able to hold their own in government. In Guinea-Bissau, the PAIGC lost power with the overthrow of President João Bernardo Vieira in May 1999, but won the parliamentary elections under Carlos Gomes Júnior in March 2004 and has been the prime minister since then. The PAIGC candidate Malam Bacai Sanhá lost the runoff election for the presidency in July 2005 against ex-President Vieira, who ran as an independent candidate and has been in office again since October 1, 2005. After the dismissal of the previous government, Vieira appointed the former first vice-president of the PAIGC Aristides Gomes as the new prime minister on November 2, 2005 . Gomes was one of 14 MPs who left the PAIGC faction, which so far consisted of 45 MPs, in October.

In Cape Verde, the PAICV lost the presidential elections in 1991, but has been the president again since March 2001 after the narrow victory of its candidate Pedro Pires . The party also lost its majority in parliament in 1991 and since its victory in January 2001 has once again been the head of government with José Maria Neves .

Since 1990, the PAIGC and PAICV have moved away from their originally Marxist orientation and are now regarded as social democratic parties.

Web links

Commons : PAIGC  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also