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Abdoulaye Touré (politician)

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Abdoulaye Touré
Minister of External Trade
In office
19 June 1972 – 1 June 1979
Succeeded byMomory Camara
Minister of External Affairs
In office
1 June 1979 – 3 April 1984
Personal details
Born16 December c. 1920
Kankan, Guinea
Died8 July 1985(1985-07-08) (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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Djibril Kassomba Camara (2005). Le redressement national en République de Guinée: les effets pervers. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 53ff. ISBN 2-7475-9735-0.