This profile mirrors and is kept in sync with the Guinea-Bissau entry in the main guide's case studies.
Overview
Days after a disputed November 23, 2025 general election whose results were never released, soldiers calling themselves the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People seized power on November 26, 2025, halting the vote count and overthrowing President Umaro Sissoco Embaló; the military alleged, without offering evidence, that a plot involving unnamed politicians and a "well-known drug lord" had been underway. General Horta Inta-A Na Man was installed as interim president of a one-year military transition the following day, and the junta has since decreed new elections for December 6, 2026 — a vote its own transitional charter bars Horta from contesting.
Democracy indicators
Liberal Democracy Index, 1990–2025
V-Dem's Liberal Democracy Index for Guinea-Bissau was 0.05 in 1990, peaked at 0.33 in 2020, and stood at 0.10 in 2025 (scale 0–1). Dashed lines mark events described in the timeline below. Source: V-Dem via Our World in Data, retrieved November 7, 2026. Compare with other countries in the comparison tool.
Show the data
| Country | 1990 | 2015 | 2025 | Regime type, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.10 | Closed autocracy |
Analytical lens
Concepts on this wiki that help explain this case: Democratic Backsliding and Executive Aggrandizement, Regime Types: How Democracy Is Measured.