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Guinea-Bissau General Election
November 23
General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November 2025 to elect the president and members of the National People’s Assembly. There were originally planned to be separate parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections had been scheduled for 24 November 2024 after President Umaro Sissoco Embaló dissolved the opposition-controlled parliament on 4 December 2023 following the 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt. However, Embaló postponed the parliamentary elections in early November 2024. Presidential elections had been scheduled for December 2024. They were later also postponed and Embaló’s term ended on 27 February 2025. However, he remained in power and intends to run for re-election in late 2025. The opposition and civil society have been calling it an “institutional coup”.
Sources and further reading:
Guinea-Bissau, beset by coups, votes in contentious presidential election, AlJazeera 23.11.2025
Main opposition barred in Guinea-Bissau vote as President Embalo seeks second term, France24 23.11.2025
