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João Bernardo Vieira

1939 - 2009

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João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w bɨɾˈnaɾðu ˈninu viˈɐjɾɐ, ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician and military officer who served as President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005 until his assassination in 2009. After seizing power from President Luís Cabral in a military coup in 1980, Vieira ruled as part of the Military Council of the Revolution until 1984, when civilian rule was returned. Opposition parties were allowed in 1991, and Vieira won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. João Bernardo Vieira is the 3,118th most popular politician (up from 3,545th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Guinea-Bissau and the most popular Guinea-Bissauan Politician.

João Bernardo Vieira was a president of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1984. He was overthrown by a military coup in 1984 and was assassinated in 2009.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 3,118 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Wen of Han, Valdemar III of Denmark, Gongyang of Goryeo, Guy Verhofstadt, Charles VII of Sweden, and Æthelfrith. After him are Vologases I of Parthia, Gazi Husrev-beg, Amenemhat II, Empress Xiaoyichun, Piye, and Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 46. Before him are Wes Craven, Jorge Sampaio, Ratko Janev, Ali MacGraw, Richard Kiel, and Marie Laforêt. After him are Michael Cimino, Sonny Chiba, Ray Manzarek, Volker Schlöndorff, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Stanisław Dziwisz. Among people deceased in 2009, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 28. Before him are Omar Bongo, Les Paul, Karl Malden, Raúl Alfonsín, Milorad Pavić, and Robert F. Furchgott. After him are Velupillai Prabhakaran, Vivian Maier, Ted Kennedy, Takashi Takabayashi, Maurice Druon, and Tomohiko Ikoma.

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In Guinea-Bissau

Among people born in Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 2 out of 38. Before him are Amílcar Cabral (1924). After him are Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), Henrique Rosa (1946), Kumba Ialá (1953), Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), and Eder (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guinea-Bissau

Among politicians born in Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 1. After him are Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), Henrique Rosa (1946), Kumba Ialá (1953), Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), and Raimundo Pereira (1956).

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