Koutoub Moustapha Sano

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Sano Koutoub Moustapha
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Born(1966-04-10)10 April 1966
OccupationPolitician
Title Dato (2007)
Awards

Koutoub Moustapha Sano (born April 10, 1966) is a politician and academic from Guinea. He served as minister of the office of the president of Guinea and diplomatic advisor to the president. He holds a doctorate in law. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

He was born in Kankan, Guinea, the son of Elhadj Sidafa Sano and Hadja Aissata Koma. [4]

Education

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3rd IIFA conference in Medina (Saudi Arabia) in 2018

Honors and awards

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While he was deputy rector (2005–2009) in charge of internationalization and innovation at the International Islamic University Malaysia, the former Sultan of Pahang, now King of Malaysia (2019-), conferred on him the honorific title of Dato in 2007. [5]

Professional career

In October 2020, he took office of secretary-general of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy after having held for a dozen years several posts at the Academy of Jurisprudence in Jeddah. From 1993 to 2009, he was professor of comparative law and Islamic finance at IIUM. From 2005 to 2009 served as deputy rector for internationalisation and innovation at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He served as the Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Guinea from 2009 to 2010, Minister of International Cooperation and African Integration from 2011 to 2016, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Mano River Union from 2014 to 2015. [6] Appointed as diplomatic advisor to the president of the Republic of Guinea from March 18, 2016, until now.

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References

  1. "Pr Koutoubou Moustapha SANO : " La violence et la division doivent cesser en Guinée… "" (in French). 22 February 2018.
  2. "Rénovation de la Mosquée Fayçal : Dr Koutoubou Sano accuse". Aminata ! actualité de la Guinée. 16 July 2017.
  3. "Koutoubou Sano : " le CNDD, la transition et moi… "". Africaguinee.com - Site officiel d'informations sur la Guinée et l'Afrique (in French). 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  4. "Nécrologie : décès en Belgique de Hadja Aïssata Koma, mère du ministre Koutoubou Sano" (in French). Mosaiqueguinee.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. "Advisor to President of Guinea joins Muslim Council of Elders".
  6. Pr Koutoubou Moustapha SANO : «La violence et la division doivent cesser en Guinée… »