Mamadú Iaia Djaló

Mamadu Iaia Djaló (c. 1962 – 20 December 2021) was a Guinea-Bissau politician, and the founder and leader of the New Democracy Party.

Mamadu Iaia Djaló
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
2019–2021
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office
2018–2019
Preceded byRui Sanha
Succeeded byRuth Monteiro
Personal details
Bornc. 1962[1]
Guinea, Portugal
Died20 December 2021
Dakar, Senegal

Political career

Running as an independent presidential candidate in the 2005 presidential election, Djaló finished sixth out of thirteen presidential candidates, receiving 1.59% of the vote.[2] In 2007, he founded the New Democracy Party, and contested the 2009 presidential elections, in which he finished fourth out of eleven candidates, with 3.11% of the vote. He did not contest the 2012 presidential elections, but in 2014 general elections he finished fifth out of thirteen with 4.56% of the vote and his party won one seat in parliament.[3][4]

In April 2018 he was appointed Minister of Justice and Human Rights.[5] In a cabinet reshuffle in July 2019, he was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry.[6]

He contested the 2019 presidential elections,[7] finishing eighth out of twelve candidates with 0.5% of the vote.

Personal life and death

After falling ill in Lomé, Togo, Djaló was transferred to Dakar, Senegal, where he died on 20 December 2021.[8]

References
  1. "Index Di-Do".
  2. Elections in Guinea-Bissau, African Elections Database.
  3. Seats by party Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine CNE
  4. Voting for candidates for President Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine CNE
  5. Presidente da Guiné-Bissau nomeia novo Governo Publico, 25 April 2018
  6. Guinea-Bissau names gender-par cabinet after Ethiopia, South Africa Africa News, 5 July 2019
  7. Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) (2019-11-02). "Quem são os candidatos às presidenciais na Guiné-Bissau? | DW | 02.11.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  8. "Décès de Mamadu Iaia Djaló, ministre de la Justice et des Droits de l'homme de Guinée-Bissau". VOA Afrique. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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