Nuno Gomes Nabiam
Nuno Gomes Nabiam | |
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Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau | |
In office 28 February 2020 – 8 August 2023 | |
President | Umaro Sissoco Embaló |
Preceded by | Aristides Gomes |
Succeeded by | Geraldo Martins |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 November 1966 |
Political party | APU |
Nuno Gomes Nabiam (born 17 November 1966) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 28 February 2020 to 8 August 2023. [1]
Personal life
[edit]Gomes Nabiam graduated from Kwame Nkrumah National High School. He completed his degree at the Higher Institute of Civil Aviation Engineering in Kyiv, Ukraine, and was awarded a Civil Aviation Scholarship in 1986. Gomes Nabiam later studied in the United States, where he obtained a master's degree in business management.
On 29 April 2020, he and three ministers tested positive for COVID-19.[2]
Political career
[edit]Gomes Nabiam became an activist in the African Youth Amílcar Cabral in 1978. In 1980, he became a militant in the PAIGC party. In 2012, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Guinea-Bissau Civil Aviation Agency by the Bissau-Guinean government.[3]
On 28 February 2020, Gomes Nabiam was appointed Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau. He is a member of the Assembly of the People United political party. He is a political scientist and military officer who previously served as Acting President of Guinea-Bissau between 1 June 2021 and 15 June 2021.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hoije, Katarina (2 February 2020). "Guinea-Bissau President Appoints Nabiam as Prime Minister". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Guinea-Bissau PM and three ministers test positive for COVID-19". Reuters. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "BIOGRAPHY AND THE APPLICANT'S MANIFESTO OF Eng. NUNO GOMES NABIAM!". 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Guinée Bissau: Nuno Gomes Nabiam nommé Premier ministre par le président Umaro Sissoco Embalo".