LC control no. | no2019182329 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Traoré, Diarra, 1935-1985 |
Associated country | Guinea |
Birth date | 1935 |
Death date | 1985-07-08 |
Affiliation | Parti démocratique de Guinée Guinea. Ministère de l'éducation nationale |
Profession or occupation | Prime ministers Soldiers Politicians |
Found in | Le coup d'Etat manqué du colonel Diarra Traoré, 2019: title page (Diarra Traoré; occupation: Prime minister) Wikipedia, December 10, 2019 (Diarra Traore, born 1935, died July 8, 1985; Guinean soldier and politician; served as Prime Minister 1984 under Lasana Conte; executed July 8, 1985 following a failed coup; he received his military training at the French school in Fréjus; discharged from the army due to President Tourés lack of trust; several posts as a regional governor; joined the Parti Démocratique de Guinée in the late 1970s; upon Touré's death in March 1984, he supported a coup led by Lieutenant Colonel Lansana Conté, who made himself President and appointed Traoré Prime Minister; a few months later, Conté demoted Traoré to Minister of State for National Education; on July 4, 1985, Traoré attempted to overthrow Conté; captured and executed along with about 100 other military personnel, many of them also Malinké) |