Baciro Djá

Baciro Djá
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
In office 20 August 2015 – 17 September 2015
President	Jose Mario Vaz
Preceded by	Domingos Simões Pereira
Succeeded by	Carlos Correia
Personal details
Born	January 31, 1973
Political party	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
Alma mater	University of Havana Graduate Institute of Applied Psychology

Baciro Djá was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 20 August 2015 to 17 September 2015.

Baciro Djá was born on 31 January 1973. He graduated in Social Psychology from the University of Havana, Cuba in 1996. In 1998, received a master's degree in Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology at the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada in Lisbon, Portugal. From 2006 to 2008 Djá was Reform Project coordinator at Defense and Safety sector and also the president of the Institute of National Defense. In 2008 he was elected member of parliament, in the same year he was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports. In 2011 and 2012 he served as the Minister of National Defence. In 2012 he presented himself as an independent presidential candidate. He serves as the third vice-president of the PAIGC, the majority party in the Guinean parliament. He is said to be fluent in Portuguese, French and Spanish.^[1]

Guinea-Bissau's prime minister has resigned on September 9, 2015 after 20 days in the post and two days after appointing his cabinet. Baciro Djá handed in his resignation after the Supreme Court ruled his appointment violated the constitution.^[2]

On November 20, Baciro Dja was expelled from the PAIGC party. He was accused to have shown contempt for the party statutes, having accepted to take over as prime minister in August 2015.^[3]

References

1. , O Democrata.
2. Guinea-Bissau's 'unconstitutional' PM Baciro Dja resigns BBC.
3. Partido gobernante en Guinea Bissau expulsa a exprimer ministro Prensa Latina