Archive · 10 Dec 2025
Guinea-Bissau Military Adopts Transitional Charter
In Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa, the military took control on November 26.
They made a new set of rules called a charter.
This charter says that the new leaders they put in charge, like the interim president and prime minister, cannot run in the next elections.
The charter also says that elections for a new president and government will happen after one year.
During this time, the military will make changes to the laws and set up new courts.
A group of 65 people, including 10 military officers, will act like a temporary government.
Guinea-Bissau has had many problems with leaders being overthrown in the past.
Guinea-Bissau's military staged a coup on November 26, suspending the constitution and removing President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
The Military High Command adopted a 12-month transitional charter on December 10, barring the interim president and prime minister from running in the next elections.
Major-General Horta Inta-a was installed as interim president, and Ilidio Vieira Te was named interim prime minister.
The charter requires presidential and legislative elections to be held after the transitional period, with the date set by the interim president.
The Military High Command will oversee legal and institutional reforms, including drafting a new constitution and setting up a new Constitutional Court.
- Who
- Guinea-Bissau's Military High Command
- What
- Adopted a 12-month transitional charter
- When
- November 26, 2023 (coup), December 10, 2023 (charter adoption)
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Why
- To establish a transitional government and bar current leaders from running in the next elections
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Coup Date
- November 26
- Interim President
- Major-General Horta Inta-a
- Interim Prime Minister
- Ilidio Vieira Te
- Transitional Period
- 12 months
- National Transition Council Members
- 65
- Military Representatives in Council
- 10