Dinis Incanha
Dinis Incanha | |
|---|---|
| Spokesperson of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order (De facto leader) | |
| In office 26 November 2025 – 27 November 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Umaro Sissoco Embaló (as President) |
| Succeeded by | Horta Inta-A Na Man (as Transitional President and Head) |
| Head of the Military Office of the Presidency | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2021 | |
| President | Umaro Sissoco Embaló Himself (as Spokesperson of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order) Horta Inta-A Na Man (as Transitional President and Head of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order) |
| Preceded by | António Abel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1960 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Guinea-Bissau |
| Branch/service | Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
Dinis Incanha (born 15 August 1960) is a Bissau-Guinean brigadier general who led the 2025 coup d'état becoming the Spokesperson of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order afterwards. Before the coup, he served as the head of the military office of the presidency. He was Guinea-Bissau's de facto leader as Spokesperson of the military junta for a day from 26 to 27 November 2025 after leading the coup d'état, becoming the shortest-serving head of state in Bissau-Guinean history.
He was appointed the presidency's military office head (Portuguese: Chefe da Casa Militar da Presidência) in February 2021 replacing General António Abel. He was a colonel then but was later promoted to brigadier general.
In a televised announcement on 26 November 2025, Incanha announced that the military had taken "total control" of the country and had arrested President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, as well as other leaders, and announced the establishment of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order. He stated that it would rule the country until further notice and appealed for calm among the populace. Incanha suspended all political institutions and media outlets and the electoral process, closed international borders, and imposed an indefinite overnight curfew.
On 27 November 2025, he presided over the investiture ceremony of General Horta Inta-A Na Man as Transitional President of Guinea-Bissau and Head of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order.