1985 Guinean coup attempt

Diarra Traoré
Diarra Traoré
Prime Minister of Guinea
	In office; 5 April 1984 – 28 December 1984
President	Lansana Conté
Preceded by	Louis Lansana Beavogui
Succeeded by	Sidya Touré
Personal details
Born	1935; Kankan
Died	8 July 1985 (aged 49–50); Kindia Central Prison
Nationality	Guinean
Political party	Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally
Military service
Allegiance	Guinea
Rank	Lieutenant colonel

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 Conté, Conté had him executed.

Career

Traoré received his military training at the French school in Fréjus.^[1] After Guinea gained its independence in 1958, he was first given command of the garrison at Koundara, then the Futa Jalon region.^[1] However, President Ahmed Sékou Touré did not trust him, so he was discharged from the army.^[1]

Traoré became a regional governor, being moved around regularly to various postings.^[1] In the late 1970s, he joined the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG, Parti Démocratique de Guinée).^[1]

At the death of Ahmed Sékou Touré in March 1984, on 3 April, Traoré supported a coup d'état led by Lieutenant Colonel Lansana Conté.^[2] The coup ousted interim President Louis Lansana Beavogui and the PDG. Conté made himself President and appointed Traoré Prime Minister.^[1] Conté, Traoré and others governed Military Committee of National Recovery (CMRN).^[3]

A few months later, however, Conté demoted Traoré to Minister of State for National Education.^[1]^[4]^[5] On 4 July 1985, Traoré attempted to overthrow Conté, who was attending a summit in Togo, but was quickly thwarted by loyal troops.^[6] Traoré went into hiding,^[6] but Conté's forces swiftly captured him and showed him on television being brutally assaulted.^[5] Traoré and about one hundred other military personnel, many of them also Malinké, were executed.^[3]^[5]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E. (2005). Historical Dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780810865457.
^ Diallo, Mamdou Dian Donghol (23 December 2008). "Guinea: President Conte dies at 74". Africa news. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "ISS Africa – Home". ISS Africa. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ "Lansana Conté Lansana Conté was the President of Guinea whose two and a half decades in power left his nation mired in poverty and corruption". The Daily Telegraph. London. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Latest International Human Rights News and Information – Amnesty International USA". Amnesty International USA. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Sarah, Cardinal Robert; Diat, Nicolas (2015). God or Nothing: A Conversation in Faith with Nicholas Diat. Ignatius Press. p. 54. ISBN 9781681496733.
^ Whiteman, Kaye (24 December 2008). "General Lansana Conté". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

Political offices
Preceded by Louis Lansana Beavogui	Prime Minister of Guinea 1984	Succeeded by Post Abolished

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[HDoG-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E. (2005). Historical Dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780810865457.

[2] Diallo, Mamdou Dian Donghol (23 December 2008). "Guinea: President Conte dies at 74". Africa news. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.

[ISS-3] "ISS Africa – Home". ISS Africa. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[4] "Lansana Conté Lansana Conté was the President of Guinea whose two and a half decades in power left his nation mired in poverty and corruption". The Daily Telegraph. London. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

[Amnesty-5] "Latest International Human Rights News and Information – Amnesty International USA". Amnesty International USA. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[SarahDiat-6] Sarah, Cardinal Robert; Diat, Nicolas (2015). God or Nothing: A Conversation in Faith with Nicholas Diat. Ignatius Press. p. 54. ISBN 9781681496733.

[7] Whiteman, Kaye (24 December 2008). "General Lansana Conté". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

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Diarra Traoré

Prime Minister of Guinea
In office 5 April 1984 – 28 December 1984
President	Lansana Conté
Preceded by	Louis Lansana Beavogui
Succeeded by	Sidya Touré

Personal details
Born	1935 Kankan
Died	8 July 1985(1985-07-08) (aged 49–50) Kindia Central Prison
Nationality	Guinean
Political party	Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally
Military service
Allegiance	Guinea
Rank	Lieutenant colonel

Career

See also

References