What the records say
- When
- 26 Nov 2025
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 11.86° N, 15.59° W
- Description
- military coup
2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
On 26 November 2025, the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was arrested as part of a coup d'état carried out by Head of the Military Office of the Presidency Brigadier General Dinis Incanha. Military officers declared "total control" over the country and established the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order led by General Horta Inta-A Na Man.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Guinea-Bissau”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “President Embaló is arrested in a coup d'état carried out by the army chief of staff”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Военный переворот в Гвинее-Бисау”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Guinea-Bisáu, tiene lugar un golpe de Estado contra el gobierno de Umaro Sissoco Embaló, quien es arrestado en el proceso”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “23 نوفمبر 2025 - الانتخابات العامة في غينيا بيساو 2025: حدث انقلاب عسكري قبل يوم واحد من إعلان النتائج الرسمية”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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