The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

Military overthrow of interim President Raimundo Pereira

On 12 April 2012, a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau was staged by elements of the armed forces about two weeks before the second round of a presidential election between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá. The coup started in the evening with military personnel and equipment making…

2012 Guinea-Bissau presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 18 March 2012 following the death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá on 9 January. A run-off was set to be held on 29 April after being postponed by a week as announced by electoral commission chief Desejado Lima Dacosta. However,…

Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo

Acting president of Guinea-Bissau (2012–2014)

Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as president of the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau. He was a candidate in the abortive 2012 presidential election, placing third in the first round. Following the April 2012 military coup, he was…