List of Guinea-Bissau nationals
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A list of people from Guinea-Bissau
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In 2007, DNA tests indicated that actress Whoopi Goldberg
was descended from the Papel and Bayote people of Guinea-Bissau. http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=6a68fc12-9e7d-4f3f-8de4-0f08f69d0a95&k=80727
Guinea-Bissau
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
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- Rafael Barbosa
- Amílcar CabralAmílcar CabralAmílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was a Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, writer, and a nationalist thinker and politician. Also known by his nom de guerre Abel Djassi, Cabral led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence...
- Luís CabralLuís CabralLuís Severino de Almeida Cabral was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira deposed him...
- Francisco Costa
- Francisco FadulFrancisco FadulFrancisco José Fadul is a Guinea-Bissau politician who was Prime Minister from 3 December 1998 to 19 February 2000. He led the United Social Democratic Party , one of the country's main political parties, from 2002 to 2006....
- Inacio Fernandes
- Fidelis Forbs
- Walkid Furtado
- Antonieta Rosa Gomes
- Aristides GomesAristides GomesAristides Gomes is the President of the Republican Party of Independence for Development in Guinea-Bissau. He was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2 November 2005 until 13 April 2007....
- Carlos Gomes JúniorCarlos Gomes JúniorCarlos Domingos Gomes Júnior is the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau. He was previously Prime Minister from 10 May 2004 to 2 November 2005, and he was again appointed to that post on 25 December 2008...
- Kumba IaláKumba IaláKumba Ialá, also spelled Yalá , is a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a military coup on 14 September 2003. He belongs to the Balanta ethnic group and is the President of the Social Renewal Party...
- Tanunde Keita
- Ansumane ManéAnsumane ManéAnsumane Mané was a Guinea-Bissau soldier who led a 1998 uprising against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira, which caused a brief, but bloody Civil War....
- Sérgio Mané
- Bruno Medina
- Moacir Mota
- Luis Pinhel
- Francisco RodriguesFrancisco RodriguesFrancisco Rodrigues may be:*Francisco Rodrigues *Francisco Rodrigues *Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet...
- Henrique RosaHenrique Rosa-Interim President of Guinea-Bissau:He was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 28 September 2003 to 1 October 2005. His appointment came following a 14 September military coup that deposed the elected government of President Kumba Ialá and subsequent talks between political officials, civil...
- Malam Bacai SanháMalam Bacai SanháMalam Bacai Sanhá is a Guinea-Bissau politician who has been President of Guinea-Bissau since 8 September 2009. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , Sanhá was President of the National People's Assembly from 1994 to 1999 and then served as acting President...
- Alda Maria Silva
- Anire Silva
- Holder Ocante Silva
- Geremias Jorge Silva
- Nilson Teixeira
- Domingas TognaDomingas TognaDomingas Togna is a track and field athlete from Guinea-Bissau. At the 2008 Olympics she competed in the 1500m heats finishing 33rd in the heats.-References:...
- Marciano Vaz
- Augusto Bernardo Viegas
- Danilson Vieira
- João Bernardo VieiraJoão Bernardo VieiraJoão Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile...
- Romualdo Vieira
In 2007, DNA tests indicated that actress Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won...
was descended from the Papel and Bayote people of Guinea-Bissau. http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=6a68fc12-9e7d-4f3f-8de4-0f08f69d0a95&k=80727