2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

Map of Guinea-Bissau

Date	12 April 2012
Location	Guinea-Bissau 11°51′N 15°34′W / 11.850°N 15.567°W / 11.850; -15.567
Result	Bissau seized by Military Command Military Command seizes control of state media Arrest of presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior and interim President Raimundo Pereira Dissolution of state institutions Aborted election Interim transitional government led by Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, after consensus acting Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros

Belligerents

Civilian administration (including Election Commission)

Civil society

Police

PAIGC

Angolan Military

Military Command

National Transitional Council

Commanders and leaders

Raimundo Pereira
Adiato Djaló Nandigna

Carlos Gomes Júnior

Mohamed Ialá Embaló

Cândido Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem

General Antonio Indjai

General Mamadu Ture Kuruma

Fernando Vaz

Strength

Up to 200 (Angolan troops)

50%+ of the Armed Forces
(predominantly Balanta members of the army)

Raimundo Pereira
Adiato Djaló Nandigna

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 its way onto the streets, followed by the state-owned media being taken off-air.

Both second-round candidates and the incumbent president were initially arrested by the junta. Members of the Military Council, which ran the country until an interim National Transitional Council was established on 15 April, said that one of the reasons for the coup was the incumbent civilian administration's call for Angolan help to reform the military. Following international condemnation and sanctions against leaders of the junta, an agreement was signed that led to the third place candidate in the election, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, being selected as interim president. The presidential election was aborted and postponed for at least two years into the future. An interim government is tasked with administering Guinea-Bissau in the meantime.

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