Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló is a Bissau-Guinean politician and former military officer who served as the sixth president of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in 2025. A member of the Madem G15 party, Embaló served as the 18th prime minister under President José Mário Vaz from 2016 to 2018.
"We have lost almost half of the 48 years of independence, as Guinea-Bissau has been plunged into political crises of a different nature. All these crises have had negative impacts on public institutions and on the economic life of our country, with serious social consequences."
"It wasnt just a coup. It was an attempt to kill the president, the prime minister and the entire cabinet."
