| LC control no. | n 89667683 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Conte, Lansana |
| See also | Guinea. President (1984-2008 : Conte) |
| Associated country | Guinea |
| Birth date | 1934-11-20 |
| Death date | 2008-12-22 |
| Place of birth | Dubreka (Guinea : Region) |
| Place of death | Conakry (Guinea) |
| Affiliation | Guinea. Comité militaire de redressement national |
| Profession or occupation | Presidents Generals Armed Forces--Officers |
| Found in | His L'Etat au service du développement, 1986: p. 3 (Général de brigade Lansana Conte, Président du CMRN, Président de la République [Guinea]) Le Général Lansana Conte, chef de l'Etat ... 1996. French Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 23, 2008 (Lansana Conté; b. 1934, Moussayah Loumbaya, Kindia Region, Guinea, French West Africa; d. Dec. 22, 2008, Conakry, Guinea; president of Guinea, Apr. 3, 1984-Dec. 22, 2008) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Conté, Lansana; President, foreign military officer; born 20 November 1934 in Dubreka, French Guinea; joined Republic of Guinea's newly created armed forces as a professional soldier and a military leader (1959); then President Touré promoted him to captain (1971); commander of the Fifth Operational Zone of Boké in support of fighters of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (1971); attended officers' training in Minsk (USSR) (1975); army deputy chief of staff and head of President's security detail (1977); promoted to major and to colonel (1977, 1982); following a coup, under a Military Committee for National Redemption (CMRN), agreed to serve as CMRN president until Touré's death (1984); died 22 December 2008 in Guinea) |
| Associated language | fre |
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