The Military Committee of National Restoration (french: Comité militaire de redressement national, CMRN) was the ruling

junta Junta may refer to: Government and military * Junta (governing body) (from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones ** Military junta, one form of junta, government led by ...

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 ...

which seized power in a

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

on 3 April 1984, following the death of

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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 ...

on 26 March. It was composed of 18 members who represented the three tribes of the country, including Col.

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

, President from 1984 to 2008, Kerfalla Camara,

Facinet Touré Facinet Touré (11 June 1934 – 14 June 2021) was a Guinean military officer, and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and was a co-founder of the Military Committee of National Restoration The Military Committee of National Rest ...

and

Diarra Traoré Diarra Traoré (1935 – 8 July 1985) was a Guinean soldier and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guinea briefly in 1984 as a member of a junta led by Lansana Conté. In 1985, after Traoré attempted a coup d'état against President C ...

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in 1984, who was executed following a failed coup attempt in 1985. It was dissolved on 16 January 1991 and replaced by the Transitional National Recovery Committee (CTRN), which was chaired and composed on equal basis by civilians and military.

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{{Authority control 1984 establishments in Guinea 1991 disestablishments in Guinea Politics of Guinea Political organisations based in Guinea

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