Mamadu Ture Kuruma | |
Office: | Chairman of the Military Command of Guinea-Bissau |
Term Start: | 12 April 2012 |
Term End: | 11 May 2012 |
Predecessor: | Raimundo Pereira (Acting President) |
Successor: | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (Acting President) |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1947 |
Party: | Independent |
Allegiance: | Guinea-Bissau |
Branch: | 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 JĂșnior. 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]