List of presidents of Guinea
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Article ImagesThis article lists the presidents of Guinea, since the country gained independence from France in 1958 (after rejecting to join the French Community in a constitutional referendum).
President of the Republic of Guinea | |
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Président de la République de Guinée (French) ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߬ ߞߊ߲ߕߌ߮ ߟߎ߬ ߛߙߍߘߍ (N'Ko) | |
Presidential Standard | |
Style | His Excellency |
Type | President |
Status | |
Residence | Presidential Palace, Conakry |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Ahmed Sékou Touré |
Formation | 2 October 1958 |
Salary | 22,390 USD annually[1] |
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Guinea. This limit has been lifted for Conté in 2001 and for Condé in 2020.[2]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
Denotes acting President
Symbols
§ Elected unopposed
† Died in office
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922–1984) |
1961[§] 1968[§] 1974[§] 1982[§] |
2 October 1958 | 26 March 1984[†] | 25 years, 176 days | PDG–RDA | |
— | Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923–1984) |
— | 26 March 1984 | 3 April 1984[b] | 8 days | PDG–RDA | |
2 | Lansana Conté (1934–2008)[c] |
1993 1998 2003 |
3 April 1984 | 22 December 2008[†] | 24 years, 263 days | Military / PUP | |
3 | Moussa Dadis Camara (born 1964)[d] |
— | 24 December 2008[e] | 3 December 2009[f] | 344 days | Military | |
— | Sékouba Konaté (born 1966)[d] |
— | 3 December 2009 | 21 December 2010 | 1 year, 18 days | Military | |
4 | Alpha Condé (born 1938) |
2010 2015 2020 |
21 December 2010 | 5 September 2021[g] | 10 years, 258 days | RPG | |
— | Mamady Doumbouya (born 1980)[a] |
— | 5 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 30 days | Military |
- ^ a b Styled as Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development until 1 October 2021, when he was additionally sworn in as Interim President.[3]
- ^ Deposed in the 1984 coup d'état.
- ^ Styled as Chairman of the Military Committee of National Restoration until 5 April 1984.
- ^ a b Styled as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy and Development.
- ^ Took office in the 2008 coup d'état.
- ^ Incapacitated after an assassination attempt.
- ^ Deposed in the 2021 coup d'état.
- ^ "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily. 27 December 2020.
- ^ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
- ^ "Guinea swears in coup leader Mamady Doumbouya as interim president". Reuters. CNN. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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