African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde | |
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| Abbreviation | PAIGC |
| Leader | Domingos Simões Pereira |
| Founder | Henri Labéry Amílcar Cabral |
| Founded | 19 September 1956 (69 years, 179 days) |
| Headquarters | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
| Youth wing | Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral (JAAC) |
| Women's wing | União Democrática das Mulheres da Guiné (UDEMU) |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Pan-africanism Historical: Marxism Marxism-Leninism Revolutionary nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left Historical: Far-left |
| National affiliation | Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka |
| International affiliation | World Anti-Imperialist Platform Socialist International (consultative) |
| Colors | Red, green and yellow |
| Slogan | Unidade e Luta ("Unity and Struggle") |
| National People's Assembly | 54 / 102 |
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| Website | |
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The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal, the party turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was one of the belligerents in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. Towards the end of the war, the party established a socialist one-party state, which remained intact until multi-party democracy was introduced in the early 1990s. Although the party won the first multi-party elections in 1994, it was removed from power in the 1999–2000 elections. However, it returned to office after winning parliamentary elections in 2004 and presidential elections in 2005, since which it has remained the largest party in the National People's Assembly.
The PAIGC also governed Cape Verde, from its independence in 1975 to 1980. After the 1980 coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau, the Cape Verdean branch of the PAIGC was converted into a separate party, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.