What is Carmen Pereira?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Carmen Pereira |office = [[President of Guinea-Bissau]]<br>{{small|Acting}} |primeminister = [[Victor Saúde Maria]] |term_start = 14 May 1984 |term_end = 16 May 1984 |predecessor = [[João Bernardo Vieira]] |successor = [[João Bernardo Vieira]] |birth_date = 1937 |birth_place = |death_date = 4 June {{death year and age|2016|1937}} |death_place = |party = [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]] }} '''Carmen Pereira''' (1937 – 4 June 2016) was a politician in [[Guinea-Bissau]]. She served three days as Acting President in 1984. She was the first [[List of Female Presidents|woman in this role]] in Africa and the only one in Guinea-Bissau's history. She had the shortest term as the Acting President, serving only three days in office. Pereira died in Bissau on 4 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2016/06/05/mundo/noticia/morreu-carmen-pereira-combatente-pela-independencia-de-guinebissau-1734149|title=Morreu Carmen Pereira, combatente pela independência da Guiné-Bissau|first=João Ruela|last=Ribeiro|website=PÚBLICO}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Carmen}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Guinea-Bissau]] {{bio-stub}}