1984 Guinean coup d'état

Coup that brought Lansana Conté to power 1984 Guinean coup d'état Guinea-CIA WFB Map.png Map of Guinea. 3 April 1984 Conakry, Guinea 9 31 N 13 42 W region:GN inline Guinea yes 200px Green pog.svg 10 Nexus of coup in Conakry (marked green), Guinea Coup attempt succeeds with minimum disruption. Prime Minister and Interim President Louis Lansana Beavogui removed from offices and incarcerated. Colonel Lansana Conté installed as new President. Guinea Government Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) Guinea Military Committee of National Restoration (CMNR) Military Louis Lansana Beavogui Lansana Conté No casualties reported. The 1984 Guinean coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea on 3 April 1984, led by Colonel Lansana Conté.https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/04/world/guinea-s-military-assumes-control-seals-off-nation.html GUINEA'S MILITARY ASSUMES CONTROL; SEALS OFF NATION 4 April 1984 The New York Times 26 October 2018 It led to the deposition of Prime Minister Louis Lansana Beavogui, who had held the office since 1972, and had been serving as interim president since 26 March, when longtime President Ahmed Sékou Touré died during an emergency heart operation at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States.https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/27/obituaries/ahmed-sekou-toure-guinean-president-62-dies-conakry-guinea-march-26-upi.html AHMED SEKOU TOURE, GUINEAN PRESIDENT, 62, DIES 27 March 1984 The New York Times 26 October 2018https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/28/obituaries/ahmed-sekou-toure-a-radical-hero.html Ahmed Sekou Toure, a Radical Hero Pace Eric 28 March 1984 The New York Times 27 October 2018 The coup thumb|left|President Ahmed Sékou Touré at the Andrews AFB in Maryland, arriving for a state visit to the United States on 29 June 1982, twenty-three months before his death and the 1984 coup. The military struck just hours before the Politburo of the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), the only legally permitted party in the country, was to select a new leader. Interim president Beavogui was expected to win. Under the Constitution, the PDG's leader would have been automatically elected to a seven-year term as president, and would have been confirmed in office via a referendum the following spring. Colonel Conté suspended the constitution and dissolved the PDG, the National Assembly and all mass organizations. The Military Committee of National Restoration (CMNR) was created as the ruling junta. He ordered the release of political prisoners held at Camp Boiro, a concentration camp within the capital Conakry.https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/12/world/in-post-coup-guinea-a-jail-is-thrown-open.html IN POST-COUP GUINEA, A JAIL IS THROWN OPEN 12 April 1984 The New York Times 26 October 2018 Conté was named new President on 5 April.https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/06/world/colonel-is-named-guinean-president.html COLONEL IS NAMED GUINEAN PRESIDENT 6 April 1984 The New York Times 26 October 2018 Aftermath Eventually, a power struggle developed between Conté and a fellow member of the CMNR, Lieutenant Colonel Diarra Traoré (who briefly served as Prime Minister in April–December 1984), with the latter being executed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in July 1985.https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/06/world/coup-attempt-foiled-in-guinea-army-searches-for-rebel-leader.html COUP ATTEMPT FOILED IN GUINEA; ARMY SEARCHES FOR REBEL LEADER 6 July 1985 The New York Times 26 October 2018https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/08/world/leader-of-guinea-uprising-to-be-shot-president-says.html LEADER OF GUINEA UPRISING TO BE SHOT, PRESIDENT SAYS 8 July 1985 The New York Times 26 October 2018 Conté took advantage of the coup attempt to execute several of Ahmed Sekou Touré's close associates, including his half-brother Ismaël Touré (former chief prosecutor at Camp Boiro), Mamadi Keïta, Siaka Touré (former commander of Camp Boiro), Moussa Diakité,Lewin 2009 27 and Abdoulaye Touré (former Minister of Foreign Affairs).https://books.google.com/books?id=kIiHwg3Y5u4C&pg=PA195 195 Toure, Al Jajj Abdoulaya Historical dictionary of Guinea Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker Scarecrow Press 2005 0-8108-4634-9 Conté remained in power until his death on 22 December 2008,"Guinea's long-time military leader Conte dies", AFP, 23 December 2008."Guinea's dictator, Lansana Conte, dies", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 23 December 2008. which was almost immediately followed by another coup d'état, led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara."Military-led group announces coup in Guinea", Associated Press, 23 December 2008."Death of Guinea dictator prompts 'coup'", AFP (Sydney Morning Herald), 23 December 2008. See also Guinea History of Guinea References Bibliography André https://books.google.com/books?id=b1m4j9I2OsUC&pg=PA27 27 Ahmed Sékou Touré, 1922–1924: président de la Guinée de 1958 à 1984. 1956–1958 20 à 30, le député français Sékou Touré conduit la Guinée à l'indépendance, et séduit en premier les pays communistes Lewin Editions L'Harmattan 2009 978-2-296-09528-1 fr Category:Coups d'état in Guinea Category:1984 in Guinea Category:1984 conflicts Category:1980s coups d'état Category:April 1984 in Africa