Iafai Camará
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Iafai Camará | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of Guinea-Bissau | |
| In office 7 November 1985 – December 1991 | |
| President | João Bernardo Vieira |
| Preceded by | Paulo Correia |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gambia |
| Political party | PAIGC |
Colonel Iafai Camará is a Bissau-Guinean politician from PAIGC.
He was born in Gambia,[1] and was a manual laborer on the farm managed by Amílcar Cabral, who recruited him to PAIGC. During War of Independence, he was military commander of the eastern front.[1] After the 1980 coup d'état he was a member of the Revolutionary Council.[2] He was appointed as the minister of the armed forces from 1982 to 1984.[3]
Camará was appointed as the Second Vice President in May 1984.[4] He was appointed as the First Vice President on 7 November 1985 to replace Paulo Correia.[5] He was also later again minister of the armed forces,[6] allegedly supplying arms to the rebels in Casamance conflict in 1991.[7] Camara is one of the few PAIGC commanders who came into power in the 1980 coup d'état and survived the turbulence in leadership positions.[1]
