Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoko Embalo on Tuesday reappointed Geraldo Martins as prime minister, Guinea’s presidency said in a decree.
Geraldo Martins is vice-president of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which heads the Platform for Inclusive Alliance (PAI-Terra Ranca) coalition that won the last legislative elections in Guinea-Bissau last June. .
Geraldo Martins will take office on Tuesday at 15:30 (same time in Lisbon) at the Presidency of the Republic in Bissau.
The decree, read by political adviser to the head of state Fernando Delfim da Silva, was adopted after Sissoko Embalo announced on December 4 the dissolution of Guinea’s parliament following military clashes, which he regarded as an attempted coup.
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