According to comprehensive reports from WorldWay: On June 24, 2023, the newly elected president of Guinea-Bissau, José Mário Vaz, took the oath of office in the capital Bissau, promising to work towards reducing poverty and restoring national stability. The 57-year-old José Mário Vaz is the first democratically elected president of Guinea-Bissau since the military coup in 2012. As a candidate of the African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde, he received an overwhelming 62% of the votes in the second round of the previous presidential election.
Guinea-Bissau gained independence in 1974, being the only West African country to achieve independence through military force. However, since the introduction of a multi-party system in the early 1990s, no democratically elected president in Guinea-Bissau has completed a full term of 5 years.
Source: People's Daily





