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Kumba Ialá
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| 3rd President of Guinea-Bissau | |
| In office 17 February 2000 – 14 September 2003 |
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| Born | 15 March 1953 Bula, Portuguese Guinea |
| Died | 4 April 2014 (aged 61) Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá (15 March 1953 – 4 April 2014), was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was removed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003.
He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS).
In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Ialá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal.
Ialá died from cardiac arrest on 4 April 2014 in Bissau. He was 61 years old.
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Ialá campaigning at 2009 presidential elections