Henrique Rosa
President of Guinea-Bissau (1946-2013)
Henrique Pereira Rosa (16 January 1946 – 15 May 2013) was a politician from Guinea-Bissau. He was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 2003 to 2005.
Henrique Rosa | |
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| President of Guinea-Bissau Acting | |
| In office 28 September 2003 – 1 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Artur Sanhá Carlos Gomes |
| Preceded by | Veríssimo Correia Seabra (Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order) |
| Succeeded by | João Bernardo Vieira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1946 Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau |
| Died | 15 May 2013 (aged 67) Porto, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
Rosa was born on 16 January 1946 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau.[1] Rosa handed over power to Vieira on 1 October 2005.
Rosa stood as an independent candidate in the Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2009,[2] finishing in third place.
On 15 May 2013, Rosa died at a hospital in Porto, in northern Portugal, after losing a nine month battle with lung cancer. He was 67 years old.[3]
References
change- ↑ Henrique Rosa at asemana.publ.cv
- ↑ "Guinea-Bissau candidates keep it low-key after killings" Archived 2011-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, 10 June 2009.
- ↑ "Guinea-Bissau's former interim president Rosa dies". 98.4 Capital FM. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
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