Abdoulaye Touré (c. 1920 – July 1985) was a politician in the first

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

n republic. He was arrested after a coup in April 1984, and was executed in July 1985.

Early life

Abdoulaye Touré was born in

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on December 16 around 1923, the grandson of Samori Touré + Masséré Cissé (c. 1830 - 1900), the founder of the

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. He was trained as a physician (William Ponty), serving in E.F.A.

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in Kankan and Siguiri in the 1950s.

Career

He became an active member of the

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, and was Governor in Boffa, NZerekore before ambassador to Mali in 1962, Algeria in 1968. He became Guinea's ambassador to the

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in 1970, succeeding Achkar Marof, who had been arrested the year before. 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. After the coup that followed the death of

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, on 3 April 1984 he was arrested. He was executed in

Kindia Kindia ( N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in Guinea, located about northeast of the nation's capital, Conakry. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital and largest city of Kindia Prefecture ...

in July 1985.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toure, Abdoulaye 1920s births 1985 deaths Government ministers of Guinea Executed Guinean people People executed by Guinea People from Kankan Guinean physicians Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally politicians Ambassadors of Guinea to Mali Ambassadors of Guinea to Algeria Permanent representatives of Guinea to the United Nations 20th-century physicians