What is Kumba Ialá?
[[File:Koumbayala.jpg|thumb|Kumba Ialá campaigning in 2009.]] '''Kumba Ialá''', also spelled '''Yalá''' (15 March 1953 &ndash; 4 April 2014) was a [[Guinea-Bissau|Bissau-Guinean]] [[politician]]. He was the [[President]] of Guinea-Bissau from 17 February 2000 until 14 September 2003. He was also the President of the [[Party for Social Renewal|Social Renewal Party]] (PRS). In 2008, he became a [[Islam|Muslim]] and took the name '''Mohamed Ialá Embaló'''. He was born in [[Bula]], [[Portuguese Guinea]]. Ialá died from [[cardiopulmonary arrest]] on 4 April 2014 in [[Bissau]]. He was 61 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/04/us-bissau-kumbayala-idUSBREA330GL20140404|title=Former Guinea-Bissau president Kumba Yala dies aged 61|date=4 April 2014|accessdate=5 April 2014|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=4 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404145037/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/04/us-bissau-kumbayala-idUSBREA330GL20140404|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Iala, Kumba}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:African politicians]] [[Category:Converts to Islam]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest]] [[Category:Presidents of Guinea-Bissau]] {{Bio-stub}}