2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
Part of the Coup Belt
Date 26 November 2025 Location Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 11°51′50″N 15°35′06″W / 11.864°N 15.585°W / 11.864; -15.585 Result Coup d'état successful Umaro Sissoco Embaló is overthrown as president and arrested before going to Senegal Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People announce a takeover of the government and establish the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order Horta Inta-A Na Man proclaimed as interim president
Belligerents
High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (factions) Presidential guard Madem G15	Government of Guinea-Bissau President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (factions) PAIGC
Commanders and leaders
Dinis Incanha Horta Inta-A Na Man Ilídio Vieira Té	Umaro Sissoco Embaló Botche Candé Biague Na Ntan Mamadou Touré Domingos Pereira
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
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2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état (Guinea-Bissau)

On 26 November 2025, the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was arrested as part of a coup d'état carried out by Head of the Military Office of the Presidency Brigadier General Dinis Incanha. Military officers said they had "total control" over the country and created the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order led by General Horta Inta-A Na Man.^[1] The coup happened one day before the results of the 2025 Guinea-Bissau general election held on 23 November.^[2]