Abdoulaye Touré

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.

This article is about the politician. For the French footballer, see Abdoulaye Touré (footballer).
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

Early life

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.A[[Bangui] in Kankan and Siguiri in the 1950s.

Career

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
  1. 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.
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