Faya Millimouno | |
|---|---|
 Faya Millimono in 2020 | |
| President of the Liberal Bloc | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Liberal Bloc |
Dr. Faya Lansana Millimouno is a Guinean teacher and politician who has served as President of the Liberal Bloc since he founded it in 2013 and is currently the primary opposition candidate in the 2025 Guinean presidential election. [1]
Faya Millimouno was born on 25 November 1962 in Kolifa,in the constituency of Ouendé,Guéckédou,in Forest Guinea. [1] [2] [3] His father and mother were named Sory Saa Toh and Finda Sitta Kamano,respectively. [3]
He qualified as a 'teacher-researcher' at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Manéah (now known as the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of Guinea) [4] in 1987. In 1993,he received the Francophonie Excellence Scholarship from the Canadian Government. [2] He was thus enrolled at the University of Montreal,where he obtained a Master's degree and a Doctorate (PhD) in Educational Administration. [3]
Millimouno went on to work as an educational consultant at the World Bank,and as a pension manager at Georgetown University in the United States. In 2013,he was working for the National Hockey League as a database manager for American cities. [1]
He began his political career in 1991 as part of the Guinean Progress Party (PGP) of Abdoulaye Portos Diallo. After a break from politics,he returned in 2008 as a member of the opposition New Generation for the Republic (NGR) party. [2] In 2013,he founded the Liberal Bloc and since then he has served as its president. [1]
A long-time critic of President Alpha Condé;he originally supported the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development (the military junta who took power in the 2021 Guinean coup d'état),however he has since become more critical of their handling of the transition. [5] [6]
He is currently the Liberal Bloc candidate for the presidency in the 2025 Guinean presidential election. [7]
Millimouno has been married for 34 years to Koumba Koundouno. The couple has five children,three of whom are girls,and two boys (Saa and Tamba). [3]