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DeutschAbdoulaye Touré (politician)
Abdoulaye Touré | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of External Trade | |
| In office 19 June 1972 – 1 June 1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Momory Camara |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 1 June 1979 – 3 April 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December c. 1920 Kankan, Guinea |
| Died | 8 July 1985 (aged 64) Kindia, Guinea |
Abdoulaye Touré (c. 1920 – July 1985) was a politician in the first Guinean republic. He was arrested after a coup in April 1984, and was executed in July 1985.
Early life
[edit]Abdoulaye Touré was born in Kankan on December 16 around 1923, the grandson of Samori Touré + Masséré Cissé (c. 1830 - 1900), the founder of the Wassoulou Empire. He was trained as a physician (William Ponty), serving in E.F.ABangui in Kankan and Siguiri in the 1950s.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]He became an active member of the Democratic Party of Guinea, and was Governor in Boffa, NZerekore before ambassador to Mali in 1962, Algeria in 1968.[1] He became Guinea's ambassador to the United Nations in 1970, succeeding Achkar Marof, who had been arrested the year before.[2] On 19 June 1972 he was appointed a Central committee member and Minister of External Trade. On 1 June 1979 he became Minister of External Affairs.[3] After the coup that followed the death of Sekou Toure, on 3 April 1984 he was arrested. He was executed in Kindia in July 1985.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker (2005). "Toure, Al Jajj Abdoulaya". Historical dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 0-8108-4634-9.
- ^ André Lewin (2010). Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984), Président de la Guinée de 1958 à 1984: Tome 6, novembre 1970-juillet 1976 (chapitres 65 à 76). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 11. ISBN 978-2-296-11935-2.
- ^ Djibril Kassomba Camara (2005). Le redressement national en République de Guinée: les effets pervers. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 53ff. ISBN 2-7475-9735-0.