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| Guinea-Bissau's first leader dies | Guinea-Bissau's first leader dies |
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| The first post-independence President of Guinea-Bissau, Luis Cabral, has died in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, aged 78. | The first post-independence President of Guinea-Bissau, Luis Cabral, has died in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, aged 78. |
| Mr Cabral was president from 1974 until 1980 when he was overthrown by his prime minister, Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was assassinated in March. | Mr Cabral was president from 1974 until 1980 when he was overthrown by his prime minister, Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was assassinated in March. |
| Mr Cabral was a half-brother of the liberation movement leader, Amilcar Cabral, who died before independence. | |
| The government is expected to hold an emergency session to organise a three-day period of national mourning. | The government is expected to hold an emergency session to organise a three-day period of national mourning. |
| "It is with shock and sadness that the government and people of Guinea-Bissau have learnt of the loss of one of their most illustrious sons, Luis Cabral," the government said in a statement, reported AFP news agency. | |
| News of his death comes less than three months after Mr Vieira, who returned to power in 2005 elections, was assassinated by soldiers. | News of his death comes less than three months after Mr Vieira, who returned to power in 2005 elections, was assassinated by soldiers. |
| After his ousting in a coup, Mr Cabral was jailed for six months before being released following the intervention of the Cuban government. | |
| The former Guinean president then spent some time in exile in Cuba, before settling in Lisbon in 1984. | |
| His half-brother, who led the African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde liberation movement, was assassinated in 1973 - the year before Guinea-Bissau won independence from Portugal. |