1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

Coup that brought João Bernardo Vieira to power 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état Guinea-Bissau-CIA WFB Map.png Map of Guinea-Bissau. 14 November 1980 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 11 51 N 15 34 W region:GW inline Guinea-Bissau yes 200px Green pog.svg 10 Nexus of coup in Bissau (marked green), Guinea-Bissau Coup attempt succeeds with minimum disruption. President Luís Cabral removed from office. Prime Minister General João Bernardo Vieira took control of the country. Failed anti-Vieira coups in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1993 Partially successful anti-Vieira coup in 1998 starts the Guinea-Bissau civil war Guinea-Bissau Presidential flag of Guinea Bissau.svg President of Guinea-Bissau Flag of PAIGC.svg PAIGC (factions) Guinea-Bissau "Revolutionary Council" Military flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg FARP Flag of PAIGC.svg PAIGC (factions) Presidential flag of Guinea Bissau.svg Luís Cabral Military flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg João Bernardo Vieira No casualties reported. The 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 14 November 1980, led by Prime Minister General João Bernardo Vieira. 1980 Coup in Guinea Bissau http://www.roape.org/021/11.html roape.org 2018-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071554/http://www.roape.org/021/11.html 2018-10-29 dead It led to the deposition of President Luís Cabral (half-brother of anti-colonial leader Amílcar Cabral), who held the office since 1973, while the country's War of Independence was still ongoing. Aftermath General Vieira announced the creation of the Revolutionary Council, which would exercise all executive and legislative powers in the country. Eventually, a power struggle developedhttps://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/15/world/around-the-world-army-ousts-last-civilian-in-guinea-bissau-regime.html AROUND THE WORLD; Army Ousts Last Civilian In Guinea Bissau Regime 15 March 1984 The New York Times 29 October 2018 29 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181029112251/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/15/world/around-the-world-army-ousts-last-civilian-in-guinea-bissau-regime.html live between Vieira and Victor Saúde Maria, Prime Minister and Vice President of the Revolutionary Council, the only civilian member of the body, with the latter being forced into exile in Portugal in March 1984. Two months later a new Constitution was promulgated, proclaiming Vieira as President and returning the country to civilian rule. Vieira himself was deposed in the 1998–99 Civil War and exiled to Portugal in June 1999,"Loyalist troops capitulate" https://web.archive.org/web/20080319061032/http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=6505 2008-03-19 , IRIN, 7 May 1999."Guinea-Bissau palace ablaze", BBC News, 7 May 1999."Deposed Guinea-Bissau's president arrives in Portugal", BBC News, 11 June 1999. but returned to the country in 2005"Nino Vieira returns from exile to a hero's welcome" https://web.archive.org/web/20070519074203/http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=53798 2007-05-19, IRIN, 7 April 2005. and was again elected to the presidency,"Army man wins G Bissau election", BBC News, 28 July 2005. and held the office until his assassination by a group of soldiers on 2 March 2009."Guinea-Bissau president shot dead ", BBC, 2 March 2009."Guinea-Bissau president 'killed in clash between rival soldiers'" https://web.archive.org/web/20200825170551/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/02/guinea-bissau-president 2020-08-25 , The Guardian, 2 March 2009."President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau assassinated by army", Times Online, 2 March 2009. Effects on relations with Cape Verde thumb|Map indicating locations of Guinea Bissau (orange) and Cape Verde (green). The coup resulted in the abandonment of the proposed unification of Guinea-Bissau with Cape Verde, a fellow Lusophone West African country. Prior to the coup, the unification was written into the two countries' constitutions,http://www.ipri.pt/artigos/artigo.php?ida=104 Widening trajectories: Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde since independence Norrie MacQueen Relações Internacionais February 1, 2006 October 29, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150423212017/http://www.ipri.pt/artigos/artigo.php?ida=104 April 23, 2015 and the PAIGC party (the ruling sole legal party in both countries) viewed them as "sister republics" with "two bodies with only one heart", and the countries had nearly identical flags and shared a national anthem.https://books.google.com/books?id=NbJ8AQAAQBAJ Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Cape Verde, Relations with Scarecrow Press Mendy Peter Karibe Richard A. Lobban, Jr. October 17, 2013 9780810880276 October 29, 2015 However, the elites in Cape Verde opposed unification, and eventually Vieira toppled the government of President Cabral (himself of the Cape Verdean origin) in Guinea-Bissau in a bloodless coup, which initial reports"Bloodless Coup in Guinea-Bissau". The Sunday People [Monrovia, Liberia] 1980-11-16: 1/8. credited to racial strife between the black population of Guinea-Bissau and the "foreign" mulatto (mestiço) population of Cape Verde, which Cabral embodied. The coup led to Cape Verde separating on 20 January 1981. The Cape Verdean branch of the PAIGC party broke away and formed the new PAICV party under the leadership of Aristides Pereira, President of Cape Verde and former Secretary-General of the PAIGC.Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 113. See also 1982 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt 1983 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt 1984 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt 1985 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt 1993 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt Guinea-Bissau civil war References Category:1980 in Guinea-Bissau Category:1980s coups d'état Category:1980 conflicts Category:Coups d'état in Guinea-Bissau Category:November 1980 in Africa