Diawadou Barry (born 10 May 1916 in

Dabola Dabola (N’ko: ߘߊߓߏߟߊ߫) is a town in central Guinea. As of 2014 it had a population of 38,617 people. It grew around the railway line from Conakry to Kankan and is known for the Tinkisso Falls and for its important dam. Transport While th ...

French Guinea French Guinea (french: Guinée française) was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of Guinea. French Guinea was established by France in 1891, ...

; died 1 July 1973 in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

) was a politician from

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

who served in the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

from 1954-1958. He later served as Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Education. The eldest son of Almami Aguibou, he was a descendant of the Soriya branch of the former ruling dynasty in the Islamic confederacy of Fuuta Jalon. A sometimes voice of opposition, in February 1969 Barry was swept up in the events surrounding the so-called Labé plot (sometimes Kaman-Fodeba plot) against the regime of President

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...

. His arrest and imprisonment was a part of a complex strategy that enabled the government to rid itself of politically troublesome individuals at the time. Barry was just one of dozens of the accused, who included other ministers and cabinet members, senior civil servants, and military officers—all allegedly participants in the plot.''Mobilization''
WebPage; Web Guinee; "Chapter 4: The Perennial Plot; retrieved February 2021. He was reportedly executed by firing squad in

Camp Boiro 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 th ...

in July 1973.

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* http://www.campboiro.org/victimes/barry_diawadou.html Camp Boiro Memorial. * https://web.archive.org/web/20141026013322/http://www.campboiro.org/bibliotheque/kindo_toure/unique_survivant/tdm.html Kindo Touré. 1916 births 1973 deaths Finance ministers of Guinea People from Kankan Region People of French West Africa National Centre of Social Republicans politicians Radical Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic 1969 deaths Government ministers of Guinea People executed by Guinea by firing squad People from Dabola {{Guinea-politician-stub