Kumba Ialá
Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá (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 Ialá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. In 2014, Ialá died from a cardiopulmonary arrest.
Kumba Ialá | |
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Ialá in 2009 | |
| 3rd President of Guinea-Bissau | |
| In office 17 February 2000 – 14 September 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Caetano N'Tchama Faustino Imbali Alamara Nhassé Mário Pires |
| Preceded by | Malam Bacai Sanhá (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Veríssimo Correia Seabra (Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1953 Bula, Portuguese Guinea |
| Died | 4 April 2014 (aged 61) Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
| Cause of death | Cardiac arrest |
| Resting place | Fortaleza de São José da Amura |
| Political party | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Before 1992) Party for Social Renewal (1992–2014) |
| Spouse | Elisabete Ialá |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon |
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