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Former Guinea Bissau PM Embalo wins presidential election: electoral commission

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16:07 - 1/01/2020 Çarşamba
Update: 16:09 - 1/01/2020 Çarşamba
REUTERS
Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo
Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo

Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo won Sunday's presidential election with 54% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Wednesday.

Embalo, 47, who beat opponent Domingos Simoes Pereira in a run-off vote, will succeed incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz, whose tenure was marred by political infighting, an ill-functioning parliament and corruption.

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