Mamadú Iaia Djaló


Mamadu Iaia Djaló is a Bissau-Guinean politician, and the founder and leader of the New Democracy Party.

Political career

Running as an independent presidential candidate in the 2005 presidential election, Djaló finished sixth out of thirteen presidential candidates, receiving 1.59% of the vote. In 2007, he founded the New Democracy Party, and contested the 2009 presidential elections, in which he finished fourth out of eleven candidates, with 3.11% of the vote. He did not contest in 2012 presidential elections, but in 2014 general elections he finished fifth out thirteen with 4.56% of the vote and his party won one seat in parliament.
In April 2018 he was appointed Minister of Justice and Human Rights. In a cabinet reshuffle in July 2019, he was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry.
He contested the 2019 presidential elections, finishing eighth out of twelve candidates with 0.5% of the vote.