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    João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w bɨɾˈnaɾðu ˈninu viˈɐjɾɐ, ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean...
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  • João Vieira may refer to: João Vieira (island), an island of the Bijagós archipelago (Guinea-Bissau) João Vieira (triple jumper) (born 1919), Portuguese...
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  • in a coup led by prime minister and former armed-forces commander João Bernardo Vieira. In 1994, 20 years after independence, Guinea-Bissau's first multiparty...
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    result was a victory for former president and independent candidate João Bernardo Vieira. Following the coup, a civilian government was nominated to oversee...
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  • spokesperson of the biggest party in Guinea-Bissau. João Bernardo Vieira was named after his uncle João Bernardo Vieira who served as President of Guinea-Bissau...
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    He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo Vieira deposed him. Luís Cabral was a half-brother of Amílcar Cabral, with...
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    by an attempted coup d'état against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané. Government forces, backed...
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    Guinea-Bissau on 14 November 1980, led by Prime Minister General João Bernardo Vieira. It led to the deposition of President Luís Cabral (half-brother...
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    elected by public vote for the first time using a two-round system; João Bernardo Vieira of the PAIGC narrowly defeated Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social...
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    discontent with the government in power. On 14 November 1980, João Bernardo Vieira, known as "Nino Vieira", overthrew President Luís Cabral. The constitution was...
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