Carlos Gomes Júnior
Carlos Gomes | |
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Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau | |
In office 2 January 2009 – 10 February 2012 | |
President | João Bernardo Vieira Raimundo Pereira (Acting) Malam Bacai Sanhá Raimundo Pereira (Acting) |
Preceded by | Carlos Correia |
Succeeded by | Adiato Djaló Nandigna (Acting) |
In office 10 May 2004 – 2 November 2005 | |
President | Henrique Rosa (Acting) João Bernardo Vieira |
Preceded by | Artur Sanhá |
Succeeded by | Aristides Gomes |
Personal details | |
Born | Laval University | 19 December 1949
Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior (born December 19, 1949)
Background
Gomes was born in
Gomes was elected as President of PAIGC at the Fourth Extraordinary Congress in January–February 2002.
Political life
Prior to the victory of former president Vieira in the mid-2005 presidential election, Gomes said that he would resign if Vieira was elected, referring to the latter as a "bandit and mercenary who betrayed his own people".[5] After Vieira's election, Gomes initially refused to recognize the result, but he also moved away from his earlier threat to resign.[6] Vieira took office on 1 October 2005, and almost two weeks later he and Gomes had a meeting, with Gomes anticipating that the two would be able to work together.[7] However, on 28 October Vieira announced the dissolution of Gomes's government, and a long-time ally of Vieira, Aristides Gomes, was appointed Prime Minister on 2 November 2005.[8]
Following the assassination of former navy commander
According to Gomes, he was misquoted in the interview that led to the arrest warrant. An investigating judge said that Gomes had not provided any proof for his claim of Vieira's involvement, and on December 20, 2007, it was announced that Gomes had been charged with false testimony and slandering the head of state.[12]
Gomes sought re-election as President of PAIGC at the party's Seventh Ordinary Congress in June–July 2008.[13] Malam Bacai Sanhá, the party's presidential candidate in 2000 and 2005, challenged Gomes for the party leadership,[13][14] but Gomes was re-elected at the end of the congress on July 1–2, receiving 578 votes against 355 for Sanhá.[13]
2008 election
In the
2010 military unrest
Following the failure of a coup plot in 2008, Rear Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto escaped to Gambia where he was arrested. Subsequently, he clandestinely returned to Guinea-Bissau where he took refuge at a UN compound. The UN agreed to turn him over to the government. Nevertheless, he continued to stay in the compound. On April 1, 2010, soldiers went to the UN office. Bubo Na Tchuto voluntarily left with them. On The same day, soldiers invaded Prime Minister Gomes’ residence and held him there.
Simultaneously, forty military officers, including the head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces, were held at an army base.
Hundreds of the PM's supporters demanded his release. In response the deputy army chief, Antonio Ndjai, said: "If the people continue to go out into the streets to show their support for Carlos Gomes Junior, then I will kill Carlos Gomes Junior ... or I will send someone to kill him."[16]
2012 election and coup
He resigned as prime minister on 10 February 2012 in order to run in the
On 27 April, the deposed leaders were freed and sent to the Ivory Coast.[19]
References
- ^ a b c d Biography on PAIGC website Archived 2007-09-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b "Young technocrats prominent in new elected government", IRIN, May 13, 2004.
- ^ a b "Former PM returns to power in Guinea-Bissau", AFP, December 25, 2008.
- ^ "Guiné-Bissau: Líder PAIGC, Carlos Gomes Júnior nomeado primeiro-ministro" Archived 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Lusa, December 25, 2008 (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Kumba Yala to back Nino Vieira in second round of presidential election", IRIN, July 4, 2005.
- ^ "Prime minister says doesn't recognise new president but won't resign", IRIN, August 23, 2005.
- ^ "President, prime minister try to iron out tension, avert crisis" Archived November 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, IRIN, October 13, 2005.
- ^ "President appoints controversial new prime minister", IRIN, November 2, 2005.
- ^ "Former prime minister of Guinea-Bissau seeks asylum at U.N.", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), January 10, 2007.
- ^ "Indicted former prime minister seeks refuge with UN", IRIN, January 10, 2007.
- ^ "Former Guinea-Bissau prime minister quits U.N. protection after 19 days", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), January 29, 2007.
- ^ "Bissau accuses former premier of slander", Reuters (IOL), December 21, 2007.
- ^ a b c "L’ancien Premier ministre bissau guinéen Carlos Gomis, réélu président du PAIGC"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, July 2, 2008 (in French).
- ^ "Guinée Bissau: Le PAIGC en congrès le 3 avril à Gabu"[permanent dead link], Panapress, February 12, 2008 (in French).
- ^ Litos Sanca, "RESULTADOS DEFINITIVOS E LISTA NOMINAL DOS DEPUTADOS DAS ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 2008" Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Agência Bissau, November 27, 2008 (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera".
- ^ "Guinea Bissau names female interim PM", Agence France-Presse, 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Guinea-Bissau's acting president, prime minister arrested in military coup". CNN. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Guinea-Bissau: Deposed Leaders Are Freed and Sent to Ivory Coast". Reuters. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.