Geraldo João Martins

Geraldo João Martins is a Bissau-Guinean economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau in 2023, and is the vice president of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Prior to his tenure as prime minister he worked at the World Bank and was the Minister of Education and Minister of Economy and Finance.

Early life and education Geraldo Martins graduated from a school in Moldova in chemistry and physics. He graduated with a law degree from the Faculty of Law of Bissau and from the University of London with a master's degree in management and public policy.

Career From 2001 to 2003, Martins was the Minister of Education. From 2005 to 2014, Martins worked at the World Bank. Martins was the Minister of Economy and Finance in Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira's government. Martins is the vice-president of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).

PAIGC was a member of the coalition that won control of the National People's Assembly in the 2023 election. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló appointed Martins as prime minister on 8 August 2023. His cabinet consisted of nineteen ministers, with eight of them being women.

The assembly was dissolved on 4 December, but Martins was reappointed as prime minister on 12 December. Embaló appointed himself as Minister of the Interior and Defence in Martins' cabinet.

Embaló dismissed Martins as prime minister on 21 December 2023, and replaced him with Rui Duarte de Barros after Embaló claimed that there was an attempted coup.