Moussa Diakité

Moussa Diakité
Personal details
Died July 1985
Guinea
Nationality Guinean

Moussa Diakité (192? -1985) was a Guinean politician during the presidency of Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was a member of the national Politburo.[1] His wife, Tata Keïta, was half sister of the President's wife Andrée, and his son married the eldest daughter of Ismael Touré, the president's brother.[2]

In March 1952 Diakité ran for election in Kankan on the RDA platform, while Sékou Touré ran for the forest region. Both men lost.[3] After Touré became first President of Guinea after independence in 1958, Diakite held a number of cabinet posts, serving as minister of banking, security and internal affairs, finance and housing.[4] As Minister-Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Guinea in 1962 he was involved in negotiations with the United States of America over guarantees for foreign investors.[5] He became a member of the tight-knit group of close relatives who supported President Sékou Touré and who became the primary beneficiaries of the regime.[6]

He was a member of the Commission of Inquiry at Camp Boiro, where he conducted the secret investigation followed by the execution of Diallo Telli in 1972.[1] In May 1972, as Minister of the Interior and Security and member of the National Politbureau he was among leaders who welcomed Fidel Castro of Cuba on his visit to Guinea.[7] Diakite was arrested on 3 April 1984, one week after Touré's death.[4] He was executed after the attempted coup by Diarra Traoré in July 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Moussa Diakite (192? -1985)". CampBoiro.org. http://www.campboiro.org/perpetrateurs/diakite_moussa/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
  2. ^ Mohamed Selhami (1985). "Sékou Touré: Ce qu'il fut. Ce qu'il a fait. Ce qu'il faut défaire". Editions Jeune Afrique. Collection Plus. Paris.. http://www.webguinee.net/bibliotheque/sekou_toure/ce-quil-fut/gouvernement-famille.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
  3. ^ Elizabeth Schmidt (2007). Cold War and decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958. Ohio University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0821417649. http://books.google.ca/books?id=7gnvgKsw2LoC&pg=PA63. 
  4. ^ a b "The Early Banknotes of Guinée (Guinea-Conakry): Independence to 1972". International Bank Note Society. http://www.ibns-vancouver.org/guinee.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
  5. ^ "Exchange of notes constituting an agreement relating to the guaranty of private investments.". United Nations. 9 May 1962. http://untreaty.un.org/unts/60001_120000/6/39/00011916.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
  6. ^ Roy Richard Grinker, Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner (2010). Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation. John Wiley and Sons. p. 635. ISBN 1405190604. http://books.google.ca/books?id=myLOFYZ4dQ0C&pg=PA635. 
  7. ^ "Conakry Radio Broadcasts Castro Visit Communique". Banboseshango. 8 May 1972. http://banboseshango.webs.com/guinea.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
Damantang Camara  • Barry III  • Paul Louis Faber  • Elhadj Saïfoulaye Diallo  • Moussa Diakité  • Toumani Sangare  • Doctor Saïdou Conte  • Fodé Mamoudou Touré  • Damantang Camara  • Mohamed Kassory Bangoura  • Saliou Coumbassa  • Sikhé Camara  • Telli Diallo  • Lansana Diané  • Sikhé Camara  • Jean Kolipé Lamah  • Bassirou Barry  • Faciné Touré  • Dafilou Sylla  • Maurice Togba Zogbelemou  • Abou Camara  • Mamadou Sylla  • Alsény Rene Gomez  • Paulette Kourouma  • Bachir Touré