João Bernardo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1939)

João Bernardo Vieira

2nd President of Guinea-Bissau (1980–1999, 2005–2009)

João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was a Bissau-Guinean politician and military officer 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.

List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau

This article lists the presidents of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of president in 1973.