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

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.Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'' (1997), Karthala Editions, pages 145, 149, 193, and 429. The son of a chief, Diawara was born in Sibiti to a Congolese mother and Malian father. He received higher education in

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and the

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. When the National Revolutionary Council (CNR) was established in August 1968, Diawara became First Vice-President of the CNR Executive Board in charge of Defense and Security; he was subsequently a founding member of the

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(PCT) in December 1969 and became Secretary of the CNR Executive Board in charge of Defense and Security. He was included on the PCT

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, formed on December 31, 1969, as First Political Commissar to the Army, and was a

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. He was 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

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, Diawara and the other conspirators were eventually captured and killed in April 1973. Diawara was married to Adélaïde Mougany.Cheikh Yérim Seck
"Yvonne Adélaïde Moundélé-Ngollo"
''Jeune Afrique'', 7 September 2003 .

References

* ''Le Mythe D'ange'' by Dominique M'Fouilou,

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