Kumba Yala

Historical eventSeptember 142003

Kumba Yala

President Kumba Ialá (pictured) of Guinea-Bissau was deposed in a bloodless military coup.

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Sunday, September 14 200323 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2000s
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Kumba Yalá Embaló, also spelled Ialá, was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Yalá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal.

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September 14 2003 — 23 years ago, on a Sunday.

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