Mohamed Béavogui (born 15 August 1953 in

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) is a

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n diplomat and politician, and the former interim

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from 6 October 2021 to 17 July 2022.

Biography

Béavogui was born in August 1953 in Porédaka, the son of a diplomat, and the nephew of former Chairperson of the African Union Commission,

Diallo Telli Boubacar Diallo Telli (1925 – February 1977) was a Guinean diplomat and politician. He helped found the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and was the second secretary-general of the OAU between 1964 and 1972. After serving as Minister of Jus ...

. He began studying at

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in 1972. He then earned a master's degree in engineering from the Kalinin Politechnical Institute in the Soviet Union, and a degree in executive management from the

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in the United States. From 1982 to 1986, he worked in Nigeria, before being recruited as a consultant by the

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of the United Nations. In 2001, he was named the Regional Director for West and Central Africa for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a post he held until 2011. In October 2011, he became the Director of Partnership and Resource Mobilization and Senior Advisor to the President of IFAD. In 2015, he was named director of the African Capacity Building Foundation.

Prime Minister

On 6 October 2021, a month after the

2021 Guinean coup d'état On 5 September 2021, President of Guinea Alpha Condé was captured by the country's armed forces in a coup d'état after gunfire in the capital, Conakry. Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya released a broadcast on state television announ ...

, he was named transitional prime minister of Guinea by interim president Mamady Doumbouya.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beavogui, Mohamed 1953 births Living people Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry alumni Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni Prime Ministers of Guinea 21st-century Guinean politicians