João Bernardo Nino Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒwɐ̃w bɨɾˈnaɾðu ˈɲinu viˈejɾɐ] 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1984 for the second time from 1984 to 1999 and for the third time 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.
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active years end date
1980-11-14, 1984-05-14, 1999-05-07, 2009-03-02
active years start date
1978-09-28, 1980-11-14, 1984-05-16, 2005-10-01
birth date
1939-04-27
birth place
Portuguese Guinea, Bissau
death date
2009-03-02
death place
Guinea-Bissau, Bissau
order in office
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, President of Guinea-Bissau
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