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João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira ((:ˈʒwɐ̃w bɨɾˈnaɾðu ˈɲinu viˈejɾɐ), 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1984, for the second time from 1984 to 1999, and for the third time from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile. He made a political comeback in 2005, winning that year's presidential election. Vieira was killed by soldiers on 2 March 2009, apparently in retaliation for a bomb blast that killed Guinea-Bissau's military chief General Batista Tagme Na Waie.〔("Guinea-Bissau president shot dead " ), BBC, 2 March 2009 〕 The military officially denied these allegations〔("Guinea-Bissau president 'killed in clash between rival soldiers'" ), ''The Guardian'', 2 March 2009〕 after Army officials claimed responsibility for Vieira's death.〔("President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau assassinated by army" ), Times Online, 2 March 2009〕 Vieira described himself as "God's gift" to Guinea-Bissau during his tenure in office.〔 ==Early life== Vieira was born in Bissau, then a city of Portuguese Guinea. Originally trained as an electrician, he joined the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) of Amílcar Cabral in 1960 and soon became a key player in the territory's guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule. Vieira was a member of the Papel ethnic group, which comprises approximately 5% of Guinea-Bissau's population. By contrast, most of Guinea-Bissau's army officers, with whom Vieira had a tense relationship throughout his career, are members of the Balanta ethnicity, which dominates the country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「João Bernardo Vieira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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