Kumba Ialá

President of Guinea-Bissau

15 March 1953 Bula, Portuguese Guinea

4 April 2014(2014-04-04) (61) Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

17 February 2000 – 14 September 2003

Bissau-Guinean politician In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lalá and the second or paternal family name is Embaló. Kumba Ialá Embaló, also spelled Yalá (15 March 1953 – 4 April 2014), was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was president from 17 February 2000 until he was deposed in a bloodless military coup on 14 September 2003. He belonged to the Balanta ethnic group and was President of the Social Renewal Party (PRS). In 2008 he converted to Islam and took the name Mohamed Ialá Embaló. He was the founder of the Party for Social Renewal. In 2014, Ialá died from a cardiopulmonary arrest.