President Joao Bernardo Vieira Sanha died at Val-de-Grace Hospital in Portugal on September 2009 . Sanha had served as interim president and defeated another former president , Kumba Yala , in a runoff election . He became president in Monday in a runoff election . Val-de-Grace Hospital has been plagued by political unrest , poverty and drug trafficking .
President Joao Bernardo Vieira Sanha died at Val-de-Grace Hospital in Portugal on September 2009 . He became president in Monday in a runoff election . Val-de-Grace Hospital has been plagued by political unrest , poverty and drug trafficking .