Rabiatou Serah Diallo (31 December 1949 – 28 June 2023) was a Guinean

trade unionist A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

. She was the secretary-general of the National Confederation of Guinean Workers (''Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinée'', CNTG). Diallo was born on 31 December 1949 in

Mamou Mamou ( Pular: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤵𞤲) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. The population is 376,269 (2018 est). Conakry Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973. The current population of C ...

from 1964 to 1966. She worked as a government administrative assistant during the regime of

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

from 1966 to 1979. After completing special legal training at the ''Institut Polytechnique Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry'' (1975–1978), she became successively "an intern at the Justice Ministry (1979–1980), court clerk at the Regional Tribunal of Conakry I (1980–1984), deputy presiding judge at the Children's Court (1984–1985), a magistrate at the Justice Ministry's Labor Tribunal (1997), and the officer in charge of women's rights at the Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs (1997)." Her work as a labor unionist began early. In 1966, "she was elected to the labor unit of the Presidency of the Republic". Diallo was the secretary-general of the District Workers Committee in Conakry from 1981 to 1984, a member of the Executive Committee of the ''Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinée'' (CNTG), and secretary-general of the CNTG, first elected in 2000. From February 2010 to January 2014, she was the president of the National Transitional Council. She received numerous honors and prizes. In May 2006, Diallo returned to Guinea after a long absence. Kanfy Camara, who closely resembled her, was murdered shortly afterwards, an event which was viewed by the

ICFTU The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was an international trade union. It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 whe ...

as a botched attempt to kill Diallo. Diallo died on 28 June 2023, at the age of 73.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diallo, Rabiatou Serah 1949 births 2023 deaths Guinean trade unionists Guinean judges Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry alumni Women trade unionists People from Mamou