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
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