African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
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African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde |
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| Leader | Domingos Simoes Pereira |
| Founded | 19 September 1956 |
| Headquarters | Bissau, Bissau Region, Guinea-Bissau |
| Youth wing | Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral (JAAC) |
| Women's wing | União Democrática das Mulheres da Guiné (UDEMU) |
| Ideology | (Former) Communism Marxism–Leninism (Current) Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (Consultative) |
| Seats in the National People's Assembly |
65 / 102
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The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal, the party turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was one of the belligerents in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. Towards the end of the war, the party established a one-party state, which remained intact until multi-party democracy was introduced in the early 1990s. Although the party won the first multi-party elections in 1994, it was removed from power in the 1999–2000 elections. However, it returned to office after winning parliamentary elections in 2004 and presidential elections in 2005, since which it has remained the largest party in the National People's Assembly.
The PAIGC also governed Cape Verde, from its independence in 1975 to 1980. After the military coup in Guinea-Bissau in 1980, the Cape Verdean branch of the PAIGC was converted into a separate party, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.
The party was established in Bissau on 19 September 1956 as the African Party of Independence (Partido Africano da Independência), and was based on the Movement for the National Independence of Portuguese Guinea (Movimento para Independência Nacional da Guiné Portuguesa) founded in 1954 by Henri Labéry and Amílcar Cabral. The party had six founding members; Cabral, his brother Luís, Aristides Pereira, Fernando Fortes, Júlio Almeida and Elisée Turpin.Rafael Paula Barbosa became its first president, whilst Amílcar Cabral was appointed secretary-general.
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