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Kumba Ialá

1953 - 2014

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Kumba Yalá Embaló, also spelled Ialá (15 March 1953 – 4 April 2014), was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Yalá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kumba Ialá is the 10,044th most popular politician (up from 10,167th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Guinea-Bissau (down from 6th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Guinea-Bissauan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kumba Ialá ranks 10,044 out of 19,576. Before him are Count Gustav Kálnoky, Shao Kang, Frederick Chiluba, Grégoire Kayibanda, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and Otto Warburg. After him are Petar Snačić, Yevhen Marchuk, Dmitry Peskov, Yusof Ishak, Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kumba Ialá ranks 159. Before him are Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Robert Wisdom, Periko Alonso, Robert Davi, Leonel Fernández, and Arielle Dombasle. After him are Chaka Khan, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Dave Evans, José Costa, Desmond Child, and Maryam Rajavi. Among people deceased in 2014, Kumba Ialá ranks 154. Before him are Marco Cé, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, José Policarpo, Viktor Tikhonov, Gerd Albrecht, and Richard Bull. After him are Efua Dorkenoo, Yitzhak Hofi, Dezső Novák, Jimmy Jones, Abdul Qadir, and James Foley.

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In Guinea-Bissau

Among people born in Guinea-Bissau, Kumba Ialá ranks 7 out of 38. Before him are Amílcar Cabral (1924), João Bernardo Vieira (1939), Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), and Henrique Rosa (1946). After him are Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), Eder (1987), and Ansu Fati (2002).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guinea-Bissau

Among politicians born in Guinea-Bissau, Kumba Ialá ranks 6. Before him are João Bernardo Vieira (1939), Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), and Henrique Rosa (1946). After him are 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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