Rui Duarte de Barros (born 1959 or 1960) is a Bissau-Guinean economist and politician who has served as the prime minister of Guinea-Bissau since 17 January 2024. His previous positions include being the Minister of Economy and
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, as well as being the transitional prime minister from 16 May 2012 to 3 July 2014 following a military coup.
Career
Duarte de Barros was trained as an engineer in
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. In 2003, he became Guinea-Bissau's commissioner for the West African Economic and Monetary Union, holding this position until 2011.
Following a coup d'état in April 2012, the Military Command signed a political transition agreement with 36 political parties, excluding the previously ruling PAIGC. As a result, Duarte de Barros – a member of the Party for Social Renewal – was appointed as transitional prime minister on 16 May 2012.
Carlos Gomes Júnior
Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior (born December 19, 1949) (in Portuguese). is a The next prime minister was chosen in the 2014 Guinea-Bissau general election.
In December 2023, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló dissolved the parliament due to an alleged coup attempt. He then reappointed Geraldo Martins as prime minister, who was tasked with forming a new government; Martins had been prime minister since the PAIGC-led PAI-Terra Ranka coalition's victory in the June 2023 elections. On 20 December, Sissoco Embaló dismissed Martins and appointed Duarte de Barros as prime minister. At the time, Duarte de Barros was serving as the chairman of the Administrative Council of the National People's Assembly, as well as a PAIGC member of parliament.