Luís Cabral

Politician

Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral 11 April 1931 Bissau, Portuguese Guinea

30 May 2009(2009-05-30) (78) Torres Vedras, Portugal

24 September 1973 – 14 November 1980

For other people named Luis Cabral, see Luis Cabral (disambiguation). In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Cabral. Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral (11 April 1931 – 30 May 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo Vieira deposed him. Luís Cabral was a half-brother of Amílcar Cabral, with whom he co-founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in 1956.