Abdoulaye Touré

This article is about the politician. For the French footballer, see Abdoulaye Touré (footballer).

Abdoulaye Touré
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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	July 1985 Kindia, Guinea
Nationality	Guinean

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.

Abdoulaye Touré was born in Kankan on December 16 around 1920, the grandson of Samori Touré (c. 1830 - 1900), the founder of the Wassoulou Empire. He was trained as a physician, serving in Mali and in Kankan in the 1950s. He became an active member of the Democratic Party of Guinea, and was ambassador to Mali in the 1960s. He became Guinea's ambassador to the United Nations 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 Sekou Toure, on 3 April 1984 he was arrested. He was executed in Kindia in July 1985.