Aristide Menezes (1947 – 7 February 1994) was a political figure in Guinea-Bissau who led the Democratic Front, the first opposition party to be legalized. He died leaving his wife and seven children behind.

Aristide Menezes
Born1947 (1947)
Died7 February 1994 (aged 46–47)
NationalityBissau-Guinean
Occupationpolitician
Known forled the Democratic Front
Notable workhelped organize the first public protests after President Joao Bernardo Vieira seized control in 1980

Life and career

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Menezes helped organize the first public protests after President Joao Bernardo Vieira seized control in 1980 in a coup against the country's first post-independence government, which had ruled since 1975.

He died after a long illness in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]

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