Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea,serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touréwas among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. He would later die in the United States in 1984.
François Lonseny Fall is a Guinean diplomat and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Guinea from February 23,2004 to July 15,2004,under authoritarian President Lansana Conté. Later,under democraticly elected President Alpha Condé,he was Secretary-General of the Presidency from December 2010 to October 2012 and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 2012 to January 2016.
Alpha Condé is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021.
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana is a Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea between 21 May 2018 and 5 September 2021.
Camp Boiro or Camp Mamadou Boiro (1960–1984) is a defunct Guinean concentration camp within Conakry city. During the regime of President Ahmed Sékou Touré,thousands of political opponents were imprisoned at the camp. It has been estimated that almost 5,000 people were executed or died from torture or starvation at the camp. According to other estimates,the number of victims was ten times higher:50,000.
Presidential elections were held in Guinea in 2010. They were held under the two-round system,with the first round taking place on 27 June 2010 and the second round on 7 November,after an initial date of 18 July and several other postponements. Alpha Condéwas declared the winner,with 52.52% of the votes in the second round. He assumed office on 21 December 2010.
Charles-Armel Doubane is a Central African politician and diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic since 2016. He previously served as Minister of Education from 2006 to 2008 and as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2011 to 2013.
Ramtane Lamamra is an Algerian diplomat who has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres' Personal Envoy for Sudan since 2023.
Tibou Kamara is a Guinean politician and journalist.
Mahmoud Bah is a Guinean political activist and writer born to the Fulani tribe. He is best known as one of the figures Amnesty International were eager to release during his imprisonment in the Boiro Mamadou Concentration Camp between 1979 and 1984 after campaigning in France as part of the Rassemblement des Guinéens de l'Extérieur.
Aïssatou Boiro was a Guinean civil servant from Koundara. She was assassinated by armed men in Conakry on 9 November 2012. Four of her killers received life sentences in 2019.
Paul Kaba Thieba is a Burkinabéeconomist and politician who was appointed and served as Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 6 January 2016 to 19 January 2019. Thieba was appointed by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboréon 6 January 2016,shortly after Kaborétook office. Previously he worked at the Central Bank of West African States and the West African Monetary Union.
Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló is a Bissau-Guinean politician serving as the president of Guinea-Bissau since February 2020. He is a political scientist and military officer who previously served as prime minister between November 2016 and January 2018.
Malado Kaba is a Guinean economist and the first female Minister of Economy and Finance of Guinea. She served from January 2016 until May 2018.
First lady of Guinea is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Guinea. The country's present first lady is Lauriane Doumbouya,wife of interim President Mamady Doumbouya,who had held the position since the 2021 Guinean coup d'etat on September 5,2021. There has been no first gentleman of Guinea to date.
Mamadi Touré is a Guinean politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021. Ibrahima Khalil Kaba was appointed as his successor.
Mama Kanny Diallo is an economist and politician from Guinea,who has worked for the International Monetary Fund,the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Since 2015 she has served under two Guinean governments as Minister of Planning and Economic Development.
On 5 September 2021,President of Guinea Alpha Condéwas captured by the country's armed forces in a coup d'état after gunfire in the capital,Conakry. Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya released a broadcast on state television announcing the dissolution of the constitution and government.
The Autonomous Port of Conakry is a bauxite exporting and container port in the city of Conakry,Guinea. It was ranked first port of West Africa in 2021 by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Events in the year 2023 in Guinea.
