Domingos Simões Pereira

His Excellency
Domingos Simões Pereira
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
In office
3 July 2014  20 August 2015
President José Mário Vaz
Preceded by Rui Duarte de Barros (Acting)
Succeeded by Baciro Djá
5th Executive Secretary of the
Lusophone Commonwealth
In office
25 July 2008  20 July 2012
Preceded by Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca
Succeeded by Murade Isaac Murargy
Leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
Assumed office
9 February 2014
Preceded by Carlos Gomes
Personal details
Born 20 October 1963
Farim, Portuguese Guinea
(now Guinea-Bissau)
Political party African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde

Domingos Simões Pereira (born 20 October 1963[1]) was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015, when the President dismissed the government.

Early life

Pereira was born in Farim, Guinea-Bissau. He has experience in civil engineering and political science.

Politics

He was the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) between 2008 and 2012.

He was elected leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) on 9 February 2014.[2]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Rui Duarte de Barros
Acting
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Baciro Djá
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