Political Leaders: Guinea

Leaders of Guinea
(Republic of Guinea)

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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

Parties: PDG: Democratic Party of Guinea PUP: Party for Unity and Progress UPG: Union for the Progress of Guinea n/p: non-party

Presidents

Ahmed Sékou Touré      28 Jan 1961 - 26 Mar 1984 (+)      PDG 
Louis Lansana Beavogui 26 Mar 1984 -  3 Apr 1984 (+1984)  PDG (interim head of State)
Lansana Conté           3 Apr 1984 - 22 Dec 2008 (+)      military, PUP (1)   
Moussa Dadis Camara    24 Dec 2008 -                      military (2)   
 Sékouba Konaté         5 Dec 2009 -                      military (interim, acting for Camara)

(1) Chairman of the Military Committe of National Restoration (MCNR, military junta) to 5 Apr 1984. The MCNR was disbanded on 16 Jan 1991 and replaced by a Transitional Council for National Restoration, which lasted to Dec 1993 with the inauguration of Conté as contitutional president.
(2) Chairman of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD, military junta, installed the previous day) on 24 Dec 2008; self-proclaimed president of the Republic the same day.

Prime Ministers

Ahmed Sékou Touré       2 Oct 1958 - 28 Jan 1961 (+1984)  PDG
Louis Lansana Beavogui 26 Apr 1972 -  3 Apr 1984 (+1984)  PDG
Diarra Traoré           5 Apr 1984 - 18 Dec 1984 (+1985)e military
Sidya Touré             9 Jul 1996 -  8 Mar 1999          n/p 
Lamine Sidimé           8 Mar 1999 - 23 Feb 2004          PUP
François Lonseny Fall  23 Feb 2004 - 30 Apr 2004          PUP
Cellou Dalein Diallo    9 Dec 2004 -  5 Apr 2006          PUP  
Eugène Camara           9 Feb 2007 -  1 Mar 2007          PUP  
Lansana Kouyaté         1 Mar 2007 - 23 May 2008          n/p
Ahmed Tidiane Souaré   23 May 2008 -  2 Jan 2009          n/p
Kabiné Komara           2 Jan 2009 - 26 Jan 2010          n/p
Jean-Marie Doré        26 Jan 2010 - 24 Dec 2010          UPG
Mohamed Said Fofana    24 Dec 2010 -                      n/p