Mamadu Iaia Djaló (c. 1962 – 20 December 2021) was a Guinea-Bissau politician, and the founder and leader of the New Democracy Party.
[2] 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.
[5] In a cabinet reshuffle in July 2019, he was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry.
[6] He contested the 2019 presidential elections,[7] finishing eighth out of twelve candidates with 0.5% of the vote.
After falling ill in Lomé, Togo, Djaló was transferred to Dakar, Senegal, where he died on 20 December 2021.