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Ahmed Sékou Touré
Ahmed Sékou Touré 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 Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. He died in the United States in 1984.
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politics · President of Guinea from 1958 to 1984 · politician · also Ahmed Sékou Touré, Sekou Touré, Ahmed Sekou Toure, Mohamed Toure, Touré
Born 9 January 1922 · Died 26 March 1984 · Q155402
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His grave was desecrated by an unknown person
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo (2004).
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2002· 1 entry
Mass graves were discovered near Kindia containing hundreds of bodies
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1985· 1 entry
Conté took advantage of an alleged coup attempt to arrest and execute several of Sékou Touré's close associates, including Ismael Touré, Mamadi Keïta, Siaka Touré, former commander of Camp Boiro; and Moussa Diakité
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1984· 2 entries
Died 1984-03-26.
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“Wolimy ubóstwo i wolność niż bogactwo w niewoli.”
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1983· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chairperson of ECOWAS (1983–1984).
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Brought further economic liberalization, including the delegation of produce marketing to private traders
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1979).
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1978· 2 entries
Guinea's ties with the Soviet Union soured, and, as a sign of reconciliation, President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing visited Guinea, the first state visit by a French president
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Touré formally renounced Marxism and reestablished trade with the West
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1977· 1 entry
Protests against the regime's economic policy, which dealt harshly with unauthorized trading, led to riots in which three regional governors were killed
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1970· 1 entry
When some 350 men, under the leadership of Portuguese officers from Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau), including FLNG partisans and African Portuguese soldiers, entered Guinea to rescue Portuguese prisoners of war, c
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1968· 1 entry
That it had been rigged by France to prevent Sékou Touré from winning
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1966· 2 entries
Formed the National Liberation Front of Guinea (Front de Libération Nationale de Guinée, or FLNG)
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Because of their alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow President Touré
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1965· 1 entry
And Touré did not renew them until 1975
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1961).
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1960· 2 entries
Declared his Democratic Party of Guinea (Parti démocratique de Guinée, PDG) the only legal party in the state, and ruled from then on as a virtual dictator
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Touré declared the PDG to be the only legal party, though the country had effectively been a one-party state since independence
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1959· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the White Lion (1959).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959).
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1958· 2 entries
Touré's PDG, pushed for a "No" in the French Union referendum sponsored by the French government
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Career landmark: President of Guinea (1958–1984).
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1957· 1 entry
Organized the Union Générale des Travailleurs d'Afrique Noire, a common trade union centre for French West Africa
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1956· 2 entries
Touré was elected Guinea's deputy to the French National Assembly and mayor of Conakry, positions he used to criticize the French colonial regime
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1956–1958).
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: mayor (1955–1955).
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1953· 1 entry
To force the implementation of a new overseas labor code
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1945· 1 entry
Founded the Post and Telecommunications Workers' Union (SPTT; the first trade union in French Guinea), and he became the general secretary of the union in 1946
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1940· 1 entry
Touré obtained a clerk's position with the Compagnie du Niger Français while also working to complete an examination course, which would allow him to join the Post, Telegraph and Telecommunications services (French: Post
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1936· 1 entry
But was expelled less than a year later at the age of 15 for leading a student protest against the quality of food and quickly became involved in labor union activity
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1922· 1 entry
Born 1922-01-09.
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