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Raimundo Pereira is a Guinea-Bissauan politician and lawyer, currently serving as President of Guinea-Bissau in an interim capacity. He is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).
Pereira is a lawyer by training. In the November 2008 legislative election, in which PAIGC won a parliamentary majority, Pereira was elected to the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau as a PAIGC candidate in the 28th constituency, located in Bissau, the capital. He was chosen by PAIGC to replace Francisco Benante (also a PAIGC member) as President of the National People's Assembly after the election, and accordingly, on 22 December 2008 he was elected as President of the National People's Assembly.
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Raimundo Pereira is a Guinea-Bissauan politician and lawyer, currently serving as President of Guinea-Bissau in an interim capacity. He is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).
Pereira is a lawyer by training. In the November 2008 legislative election, in which PAIGC won a parliamentary majority, Pereira was elected to the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau as a PAIGC candidate in the 28th constituency, located in Bissau, the capital. He was chosen by PAIGC to replace Francisco Benante (also a PAIGC member) as President of the National People's Assembly after the election, and accordingly, on 22 December 2008 he was elected as President of the National People's Assembly. He received 60 votes, while a rival PAIGC candidate, Helder Proença, received 37.
Following the assassination of President João Bernardo Vieira by the army on 2 March 2009, the army stated that Pereira, as President of the National People's Assembly, would succeed Vieira as President of Guinea-Bissau on an interim basis, in accordance with the constitution.
Pereira was sworn in on 3 March 2009, and has 60 days to organize a presidential election. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and an ECOWAS delegation were present for his swearing in. On that occasion, Pereira urged the international community to help Guinea-Bissau "regain the reflexes of a stable state". The opposition Social Renovation Party (PRS) criticized Pereira's succession, arguing that "a debate open to all active forces in the country in an appropriate forum like parliament to reflect on the kind of state to set up" would have been preferable.
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