Diarra Traoré

Diarra Traoré (1935–8 July 1985) was a Guinean soldier and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guinea from 1984 to 1985 as a member of a junta led by Lansana Conté. In 1985, after an attempted coup d'état against him, Conté had Traoré executed.

Career

At the death of Guinea's President Ahmed Sékou Touré in March 1984, Traoré was a colonel in Guinea's army. On 3 April 1984, Traoré supported a coup d'état led by Lieutenant Colonel Lansana Conté. The coup ousted interim President Louis Lansana Beavogui and dismantled the regime of the Democratic Party of Guinea. Conté made himself President, and he appointed Traoré to be the Prime Minister. Conté, Traoré, and others governed as a junta—the Military Committee of National Recovery (CMRN).

By July 1985, Conté had demoted Traoré to Minister of State for National Education. On 4 July 1985, soldiers loyal to Conté, who was attending a summit in Togo, thwarted a coup d'état. Conté, a member of the Susu people (or Sousou), used the opportunity to eliminate rival soldiers from the Malinké ethnic group, including Traoré. Conté's forces swiftly captured Traoré, and showed him on television being brutally assaulted. Conté's forces promptly executed Traoré and approximately one hundred other military personnel, many of whom were Malinké.

See also

• List of heads of government of Guinea
• Politics of Guinea

References

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