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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Bernardo Vieira has received more than 249,801 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). João Bernardo Vieira is the 3,545th most popular politician (up from 3,554th 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 3,545 out of 19,576. Before him are Carin Göring, Paul Blobel, Emperor Kōtoku, Charles III of Navarre, Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France, and Othniel. After him are Karl Lueger, Intef III, Anatoly Sobchak, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Georges Ernest Boulanger, and Pál Teleki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 54. Before him are Phil Spector, Harry Kroto, Claude François, Joel Schumacher, Pak Pong-ju, and Richard Serra. After him are Amancio Amaro, Carlo Ginzburg, Ruud Lubbers, Beate Klarsfeld, Carolina Herrera, and Princess Irene of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 2009, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 32. Before him are Bobby Robson, Jean Dausset, Maurice Druon, Jack Kemp, Robert F. Furchgott, and Günther Rall. After him are Jennifer Jones, Leszek Kołakowski, Juan Almeida Bosque, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ephraim Katzir, and Marek Edelman.

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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 Luís Cabral (1931), Carmen Pereira (1937), Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Kumba Ialá (1953), Henrique Rosa (1946), Carlos Correia (1933), José Mário Vaz (1957), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), and Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guinea-Bissau

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

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