Mamadou Boye Bah (1 April 1930 – 26 May 2009Souvenons-nous du Doyen Bâ Mamadou
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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 ...

n political figure and economist and was one of the leading opponents of the presidents

Sékou Touré Sekou, also spelled Sékou or Seku, is a given name from the Fula language. It is equivalent to the Arabic ''Sheikh''. People with this name include: Given name * Seku Amadu (1776–1845), also known as Sékou Amadou or Sheikh Amadu, founder of th ...

and

Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

. Bah had originally worked in the Touré government in the early 1960s and in the late 1960s worked for the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

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 ...

. However, in 1969 he was arrested for allegedly conspiring against the president Sékou Touré and was sent into exile. When Touré died in 1984, Bah returned to Guinea and formed the ''

Union for the New Republic The Union for the New Republic (french: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections. History The UNR won 206 of 579 s ...

'' and become active in the opposition against the military backed government of Lansana Conté. He was presidential candidate for the UNR in the 1993 presidential elections and promised to pursue economic and educational development. In the end he received 13% of the vote. In the 1990s his UNR party became affiliated with the

Renewal and Progress Party The Union for Progress and Renewal (french: Union pour le Progrès et le Renouveau, UPR) is an opposition political party in Guinea, founded in September 1998 through the merger of Siradio Diallo's Renewal and Progress Party and Ba Mamadou's Uni ...

led by

Siradiou Diallo Siradiou Diallo (August 25, 1936 in Labé – March 14, 2004 in Paris), a Fulani, was a Guinean journalist and politician of the opposition party Union for Progress and Renewal. He was a candidate during the 1993 Guinean presidential electio ...

as they both shared a distrust of General Conté's government. In 2001, approaching the

constitutional referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...

, Bah formed a coalition party the Movement against the Referendum and for a Political Alternative (MOMAD) and demanded a boycott of the elections as he believed the process was plagued with corruption and appealed to other nations for assistance. In 2002 his party didn't share the proposal of boycotting the

legislative elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

, so he quit the UNR and joined the

Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea The Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (french: Union des forces démocratiques de Guinée, UFDG) is a social-liberal political party in Guinea. The party was founded in 1991 by a number of opposition parties and groups. In October 2002 it was ...

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Guinean politicians 20th-century Guinean economists 2009 deaths Guinean exiles 1930 births {{Guinea-politician-stub