Abdoulaye Touré (politician)

Abdoulaye Touré
Abdoulaye Touré
Minister of External Trade
	In office; 19 June 1972 – 1 June 1979
Succeeded by	Momory Camara
Minister of External Affairs
	In office; 1 June 1979 – 3 April 1984
Personal details
Born	16 December c. 1920; Kankan, Guinea
Died	8 July 1985 (aged 64); Kindia, Guinea

Abdoulaye Touré (c. 1920 – July 1985) was a politician in the first Guinean republic. He was arrested after a coup in April 1984, and was executed in July 1985.

Early life[edit]

Abdoulaye Touré was born in Kankan on December 16 around 1923, the grandson of Samori Touré + Masséré Cissé (c. 1830 - 1900), the founder of the Wassoulou Empire. He was trained as a physician (William Ponty), serving in E.F.ABangui in Kankan and Siguiri in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

He became an active member of the Democratic Party of Guinea, and was Governor in Boffa, NZerekore before ambassador to Mali in 1962, Algeria in 1968.^[1] He became Guinea's ambassador to the United Nations in 1970, succeeding Achkar Marof, who had been arrested the year before.^[2] 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.^[3] After the coup that followed the death of Sekou Toure, on 3 April 1984 he was arrested. He was executed in Kindia in July 1985.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker (2005). "Toure, Al Jajj Abdoulaya". Historical dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 0-8108-4634-9.
^ André Lewin (2010). Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984), Président de la Guinée de 1958 à 1984: Tome 6, novembre 1970-juillet 1976 (chapitres 65 à 76). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 11. ISBN 978-2-296-11935-2.
^ Djibril Kassomba Camara (2005). Le redressement national en République de Guinée: les effets pervers. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 53ff. ISBN 2-7475-9735-0.

[otoole2005-1] Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker (2005). "Toure, Al Jajj Abdoulaya". Historical dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 0-8108-4634-9.

[Lewin2010-2] André Lewin (2010). Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984), Président de la Guinée de 1958 à 1984: Tome 6, novembre 1970-juillet 1976 (chapitres 65 à 76). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 11. ISBN 978-2-296-11935-2.

[Camara2005-3] Djibril Kassomba Camara (2005). Le redressement national en République de Guinée: les effets pervers. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 53ff. ISBN 2-7475-9735-0.

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