Mamadu Ture Kuruma

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Ture and the second or paternal family name is Kuruma.

Mamadu Ture Kuruma
Chairman of the Military Command of Guinea-Bissau
In office 12 April 2012 – 11 May 2012
Preceded by	Raimundo Pereira (Acting President)
Succeeded by	Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting President)
Personal details
Born	26 April 1947
Political party	Independent
Military service
Allegiance	Guinea-Bissau
Branch/service	Army

Major General Mamadu Ture Kuruma (or N'Krumah; born 26 April 1947) is a Bissau-Guinean military vice-chief of staff and the leader of the Military Command that took power following a coup against acting president Raimundo Pereira and former prime minister and leading candidate for president Carlos Gomes Júnior. On 13 April, he promised to form a national unity government within days.^[1] On 18 May 2012, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on the travel ban for members of the Military Command, including Kuruma.^[2]

References

1. "Guinea-Bissau opposition vows to reach deal with junta". Radio Netherlands Worldwide Africa. Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau and Agence France-Presse. 15 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. "Security Council Imposes Travel Ban on Five Leaders of Coup in Guinea-Bissau, Demands Immediate Steps to Restore Constitutional Order". Security Council. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

Political offices
Preceded by Raimundo Pereira as Acting President of Guinea-Bissau	Chairman of the Military Command of Guinea-Bissau 2012	Succeeded by Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo as Acting President of Guinea-Bissau