Raimundo Pereira
Raimundo Pereira | |
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Pereira in 2009 | |
| President of Guinea-Bissau Acting | |
| In office 9 January 2012 – 12 April 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Carlos Gomes Adiato Djaló Nandigna (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Malam Bacai Sanhá |
| Succeeded by | Mamadu Ture Kuruma (Chairman of the Military Command) |
| In office 3 March 2009 – 8 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Carlos Gomes |
| Preceded by | João Bernardo Vieira |
| Succeeded by | Malam Bacai Sanhá |
| President of the National People's Assembly | |
| In office 8 September 2009 – 9 January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting) |
| In office 22 December 2008 – 3 March 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Benante |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira August 28, 1956 Dar Salam, Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) |
| Political party | PAIGC |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira (born 1956) is a Bissau-Guinean lawyer and politician who was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009 and again in 2012, following the departure of President Malam Bacai Sanhá for medical treatment abroad; he continued in that capacity after Sanha's death. Pereira was elected as President of the National People's Assembly on 22 December 2008. Pereira is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He was ousted in a coup on 12 April 2012 and succeeded by Mamadu Ture Kuruma.