Ange Diawara

Ange Diawara
Vice President of the Council of National Revolution
In office Sept 1968 – Jan 1969
President	Marien Ngouabi
Preceded by	Jacques Opangault
Succeeded by	Himself as First Vice President
First Vice President
In office Jan 1969 – March 1969
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Alfred Raoul
Personal details
Born	1941 Sibiti, French Congo
Died	April 1973 People's Republic of the Congo
Cause of death	Execution
Nationality	Congolese
Political party	Congolese Party of Labour
Spouse	Adélaïde Mougany
Profession	Politician, Militar

Ange Diawara (1941 – April 1973) was a politician and military figure from the Republic of the Congo.

The son of a chief, Diawara was born in Sibiti to a Congolese mother and a Congolese father with Malian origins. He received higher education in Cuba and the Soviet Union. When the National Revolutionary Council (CNR) was established in August 1968, Diawara became the First Vice-President of the CNR Executive Board in charge of Defense and Security; he was subsequently a founding member of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) in December 1969 and became Secretary of the CNR Executive Board in charge of Defense and Security. He was included on the PCT Political Bureau, formed on December 31, 1969, as First Political Commissar to the Army, and was a government minister. He was the Minister of Equipment, Agriculture, Water Affairs, and Forestry, and on June 13, 1971, he was additionally assigned the Development portfolio.

When the PCT Political Bureau was reduced to five members in December 1971, Diawara remained a member of the Political Bureau and was placed in charge of the Permanent Commission of the Army. Diawara led a failed coup d'état against President Ngouabi in February 1972. Fleeing Brazzaville, Diawara and the other conspirators were eventually captured and killed in April 1973.

Diawara was married to Adélaïde Mougany.

References

• Le Mythe D'ange by Dominique M'Fouilou, L'Harmattan (in French)