Rui Duarte de Barros

Career Duarte de Barros was trained as an engineer in Havana, Cuba. Between 2001 and 2003, he was Secretary of State for the Treasury and then Minister of Finance. In 2003, he became Guinea-Bissau's commissioner for the West African Economic and Monetary Union, holding this position until 2011.

Following a coup d'état in April 2012, the Military Command signed a political transition agreement with 36 political parties, excluding the previously ruling PAIGC. As a result, Duarte de Barros – a member of the Party for Social Renewal – was appointed as transitional prime minister on 16 May 2012. Carlos Gomes Júnior, the former prime minister, opposed the appointment of Duarte de Barros, stating that "it is a government that we do not recognize".

Duarte de Barros was dismissed by Embalo as prime minister on 7 August 2025 and was replaced with Braima Camará.

Personal life As of 2012, he was married and had two children.