United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau million inhabitants located between Senegal to the north and Guinea to the east and south, has been since then plagued by instability. Since 1998, Guinea Bissau has had 10 prime ministers and three elected presidents, none of whom were allowed to complete their mandates. The country has had three interim presidents as a result of military interventions. Four chiefs of general staff have been removed from their posts by the military, including two who were assassinated by fellow members of the armed forces. The latest crisis in Guinea-Bissau was also sparked by military intervention in the country's political affairs. It
Former Presidents Act health insurance, and Secret Service protection. The Secretary of the Treasury pays a taxable pension to the president. Former presidents receive a pension equal to the pay that the head of an executive department (Executive Level I) would be paid; , it is $207,800 per year. The pension begins immediately after a president's departure from office. A former president's spouse may also be paid a lifetime annual pension of $20,000 if they relinquish any other statutory pension. Transition funding for the expenses of leaving office is available for seven months. It covers office space, staff compensation, communications services, and printing