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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 233,460 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). João Bernardo Vieira is the 3,564th most popular politician (down from 3,187th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Guinea-Bissau (down from 1st in 2019) 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 3,564 out of 15,577. Before him are Prince George, Duke of Kent, André-Hercule de Fleury, Al-Adil I, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, and Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse. After him are Milonia Caesonia, Berenice I of Egypt, Bolesław II the Generous, Beatrice of Portugal, Marcomer, and Wim Duisenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 58. Before him are Ratko Janev, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Volker Schlöndorff, Harry Kroto, Silvana Armenulić, and Carlo Ginzburg. After him are Barry Seal, Fikret Abdić, Carolina Herrera, Beate Klarsfeld, Princess Irene of the Netherlands, and Milva. Among people deceased in 2009, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 33. Before him are Abdurrahman Wahid, Juan Almeida Bosque, Robert F. Furchgott, Corazon Aquino, John Updike, and Günther Rall. After him are Norman Borlaug, Raúl Alfonsín, Ephraim Katzir, Ertuğrul Osman, Leszek Kołakowski, and Sergey Mikhalkov.

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In Guinea-Bissau

Among people born in Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira ranks 2 out of 31. Before him are Amílcar Cabral (1924). After him are Luís Cabral (1931), Carlos Correia (1933), Carmen Pereira (1937), Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Henrique Rosa (1946), José Mário Vaz (1957), Kumba Ialá (1953), Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), and Ansu Fati (2002).

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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), Carlos Correia (1933), Carmen Pereira (1937), Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947), Henrique Rosa (1946), José Mário Vaz (1957), Kumba Ialá (1953), Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949), Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947), Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972), and Nuno Gomes Nabiam (1966).

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