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Guinea
 
[France]
5 Aug 1849 - 2 Oct 1958
[Guinea]
Adopted 2 Oct 1958
 Map of Guinea
 Hear National Anthem
"Liberté" (Liberty)
Text of National Anthem
Adopted 1958
 Constitution
(7 May 2010; in French;
suspended from 5 Sep 2021)
Capital: Conakry
(Saint Louis, Senegal 1849-1891)
Currency: Guinean Franc (GNF);
1972-1986 Guinea Syli (GNS);
1958-1972 Guinea Franc (GNI)
National Holiday: 2 Oct (1958)
Fête Nationale de la Guinée
(Independence Day)
 Population: 11,855,411 (2018)
GDP: $27.9 billion (2017)
Exports: $3.51 billion (2017)
Imports: $4.79 billion (2017)
 Ethnic groups: Fulani (Peul) 32.1%, Malinke 29.8%,
Susu 19.8%, Guerze 6.2%, Kissi 4.7%, Toma 2.8%,
other/no answer 4.6% (2012)
Total Active Armed Forces: 12,300 (2010)
Merchant marine: 1 ship (2018)
Religions: Muslim 89.1%, Christian 6.8%, animist 1.6%,
other .1%, none 2.4% (2014)
International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfCFTA, AfDB, AIIB (nonregional), APM, AU (suspended), BTWC, CCM, CEN-SAD, CTBT, CWC, ECOWAS (suspended), EITI, ESCR, FAO, G-77, IAEA (applicant), IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISESCO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, NPT, OIC, OIF (suspended), OPCW, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WAMZ, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Guinea Index
Chronology
 
 4 Mar 1848 - 1856         Failed Belgian claim at Nunez River (Rio Nuñez). 
 5 Aug 1849                French protectorate over coastal region
                            (Établissements Les Rivières du Sud)(subordinate
                             to Gorée to 26 Feb 1859 then Senegal).
12 Oct 1882                Rivières du Sud territory (subordinate to Senegal).
 4 Jan 1885 - 24 Dec 1885  Kapitaï (Kabitai) and Koba (Kobah) between the
                             Pongo and Dubréka Rivers declared a German
                             protectorate by Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Johann
                             Colin (b. 1844 - d. af.1911) under the Fr. Colin,
                             Deutsch-Afrikanisches Geschäft.
 1 Aug 1889                Rivières du Sud colony autonomous (subordinate to
                             Senegal).
 1 Aug 1891                French Rivières du Sud colony.
10 Mar 1893                French Guinea (Guinée Française) colony.
16 Jun 1895                Part of French West Africa (see Senegal).
16 Jun 1940 - 23 Nov 1942  Administration loyal to Vichy France (from 23 Nov
                             1942 [under Darlan to 24 Dec 1942], Free French).
27 Oct 1946                French Guinea overseas territory of France.
28 Sep 1958                French Guinea rejects a new Constitution of the
                             French Republic, including a provision for the
                             membership in the Communauté (French Community),
                             at the referendum, 4.8% for to 95.2% against.
 2 Oct 1958                Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée),
                             independence from France.
 1 May 1959 - May 1963     Part of the Union of Independent African States a
                              loose federation of Ghana and Guinea (which on
                              1 Jul 1961, is renamed Union of African States
                              with the addition of Mali).
 1 Jan 1979                People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea
                            (République Populaire et Révolutionnaire de Guinée)
23 May 1984                Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée)
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Lieutenant-governors
 5 Aug 1849 - 12 Oct 1882  direct rule by the governor of Senegal
12 Oct 1882 -  2 Nov 1900  Jean-Marie Bayol                   (b. 1849 - d. 1905)
22 Dec 1891 - 22 Jul 1892  Noël Eugène Ballay                 (b. 1847 - d. 1902)
22 Jun 1892 - Apr 1893     Paul Jean François Cousturier      (b. 1849 - d. 1921) 
                             (1st time)(acting for Ballay)
23 Apr 1895 - 28 May 1896  Paul Jean François Cousturier      (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time)(acting for Ballay)
21 Jun 1898 - 12 Apr 1900  Paul Jean François Cousturier      (s.a.) 
                             (3rd time)(acting for Ballay)
 2 Nov 1900 - 28 Sep 1904  Paul Jean François Cousturier      (s.a.)
28 Sep 1904 - 27 Mar 1906  Antoine Marie Auguste Frézouls     (b. 1860 - d. af.1923) 
                             (acting to 15 Oct 1904)
27 Mar 1906 - 16 May 1907  Jules Louis Richard (acting)       (b. 1854 - d. 1915)     
16 May 1907 - 25 Jul 1907  Joost van Vollenhouven (acting)    (b. 1877 - d. 1918)
26 Jul 1907 - 18 Feb 1908  Georges Virgile Poulet (1st time)  (b. 1859 - d. 193.)
                             (acting)
18 Feb 1908 -  4 Jul 1910  Victor Théophile Liotard           (b. 1858 - d. 1916)
 4 Jul 1910 - 16 Jul 1910  Georges Virgile Poulet (2nd time)  (s.a.)
                             (acting)
16 Jul 1910 - 20 Feb 1913  Camille Lucien Xavier Guy          (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
 9 May 1912 -  7 Mar 1913  Jean Louis Georges Poiret          (b. 1872 - d. 1932)
                             (1st time)(acting for Guy to 20 Feb 1913)
20 Feb 1913 - 12 Oct 1916  Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne         (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
 6 Mar 1914 - 13 Jun 1914  Jean Louis Georges Poiret          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting for Peuvergne)
23 Oct 1915 - 21 Jul 1929  Jean Louis Georges Poiret          (s.a.) 
                             (3rd time)(acting to 12 Oct 1916)
 9 Apr 1919 - 20 Jan 1920  Fernand Marie Joseph Antoine Lavit (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
                             (acting for Poiret)
15 Feb 1922 - 13 Nov 1922  Jules Joseph Vidal                 (b. 1868 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Poiret)
26 Mar 1925 - Dec 1925     Robert Paul Marie Simon            (b. 1881 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Poiret)
 7 Apr 1927 - 13 Apr 1928  Antoine Palade (1st time)          (b. 1886 - d. 1968)
                              (acting for Poiret)
13 Apr 1928 - 28 Oct 1928  Jean-Claude Maurice Tissier        (b. 1878 - d. 19..) 
                             (acting for Poiret)
21 Jul 1929 - 28 Feb 1931  Louis Jean François Antonin        (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
                             (acting)
28 Feb 1931 -  1 Jan 1932  Robert Paul Marie de Guise         (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
  1 Jan 1932 -  7 Mar 1936  Joseph Zébédée Olivier Vadier      (b. 1881 - d. 1963) 
13 Jun 1933 -  6 Dec 1933  Antoine Palade (2nd time)          (s.a.)
                             (acting for Vadier)
 8 Jul 1935 - Nov 1935     Louis Placide Blacher              (b. 1883 - d. 1960)
                             (acting for Vadier)
Governors
 7 Mar 1936 - 12 Feb 1940  Louis Placide Blacher              (s.a.)
                             (acting to 21 Nov 1936)
 4 Sep 1937 - 26 Jan 1938  Pierre Tap (acting for Blacher)    (b. 1884 - d. 1956)
10 Jun 1939 -  1 Oct 1939  Félix Nicolas Constant Martine     (b. 1896 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Blacher)
12 Feb 1940 -  8 Aug 1942  Antoine Félix Giacobbi             (b. 1891 - d. 1957)
Aug 1942 - 21 Jan 1944     Horace Valentin Croccichia         (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
17 Mar 1944 - 30 Apr 1946  Jacques Georges Fourneau (acting)  (b. 1901 - d. 1956)
 30 Apr 1946 -  9 Jan 1948  Édouard Louis Terrac (acting)      (b. 1900 - d. 1956)
15 Jan 1948 -  9 Feb 1951  Roland Pré                         (b. 1907 - d. 1980)
 9 Feb 1951 - Apr 1953     Paul Henri Siriex                  (b. 1908 - d. 2003)
Apr 1953 - 23 Jun 1955     Jean Paul Parisot                  (b. 1901 - d. 1958) 
                             (acting to 2 Dec 1953)
23 Jun 1955 -  3 Jun 1956  Charles Henri Bonfils              (b. 1908 - d. 2001)
 3 Jun 1956 - 29 Jan 1958  Jean Paul Ramadier                 (b. 1913 - d. 1968)
29 Jan 1958 -  1 Oct 1958  Jean Mauberna (acting)             (b. 1904 - d. 1983)
Presidents
 2 Oct 1958 - 26 Mar 1984  Ahmed Sékou Touré                  (b. 1922 - d. 1984)  PDG
                             (president of the Government to 28 Jan 1961)
27 Mar 1984 -  3 Apr 1984  Louis Lansana Béavogui (acting)    (b. 1923 - d. 1984)  PDG
                             (prime minster, head of government)
 3 Apr 1984 - 22 Dec 2008  Lansana Conté                      (b. 1934 - d. 2008)  Mil;26-3-91
                              (president of Military Committee                      PUP
                             of National Recovery to 5 Apr 1984)
22 Dec 2008 - 23 Dec 2008  Aboubacar Somparé (interim)        (b. 1944)            PUP
                             (prevented from taking office)
23 Dec 2008 - 24 Dec 2008  National Council for Democracy
                           and Development
24 Dec 2008 - 21 Dec 2010  Moussa Dadis Camara                (b. 1964)            Mil
                             (from 22 Aug 2010, Moïse Dadis Camara)
                             (president of the National Council for
                             Democracy and Development;
                             left the country 4? Dec 2009)
 5 Dec 2009 - 21 Dec 2010  Sékouba Konaté (acting for Camara) (b. 1966)            Mil
21 Dec 2010 -  5 Sep 2021  Alpha Condé                        (b. 1938)            RPG
 5 Sep 2021 -              Mamady Doumbouya                   (b. 1980)            Mil
                             (president of National Committee of the
                             Rally for Development to 27 Sep 2021; then
                             president of the Transition, Head of State)

Vice President of the Government Council
14 May 1957 - 26 Jul 1958  Ahmed Sékou Touré                  (s.a.)               PDG
President of the Government Council
26 Jul 1958 - 28 Jan 1961  Ahmed Sékou Touré                  (s.a.)               PDG
Prime ministers
26 Apr 1972 -  3 Apr 1984  Louis Lansana Beavogui             (s.a.)               PDG
  5 Apr 1984 - 18 Dec 1984  Diarra Traoré                      (b. 1935 - d. 1985)  Mil
18 Dec 1984 -  9 Jul 1996  Post abolished
 9 Jul 1996 -  8 Mar 1999  Sidya Touré                        (b. 1945)            Non-party
 8 Mar 1999 - 23 Feb 2004  Lamine Sidimé                      (b. 1944)            PUP
23 Feb 2004 - 30 Apr 2004  François Lonseny Fall              (b. 1949)            PUP
30 Apr 2004 - 13 Dec 2004  Vacant
13 Dec 2004 -  5 Apr 2006  Cellou Dalein Diallo               (b. 1952)            PUP
 5 Apr 2006 -  9 Feb 2007  Post abolished
  9 Feb 2007 -  1 Mar 2007  Eugène Camara                      (b. 1942 - d. 2019)  PUP
 1 Mar 2007 - 23 May 2008  Lansana Kouyaté                    (b. 1950)            Non-party
23 May 2008 -  2 Jan 2009  Ahmed Tidiane Souaré               (b. 1951)            Non-party
 2 Jan 2009 - 26 Jan 2010  Kabiné Komara                      (b. 1950)            Non-party
26 Jan 2010 - 24 Dec 2010  Jean-Marie Doré                    (b. 1938 - d. 2016)  UPG
24 Dec 2010 - 29 Dec 2015  Mohamed Said Fofana                (b. 1952)            Non-party
29 Dec 2015 - 24 May 2018  Mamady Youla                       (b. 1961)            Non-party
24 May 2018 -  5 Sep 2021  Ibrahima Kassory Fofana            (b. 1954)            GPT
 5 Sep 2021 -  6 Oct 2021  Vacant
 6 Oct 2021 -              Mohamed Béavogui                   (b. 1953)            Non-party

Territorial Disputes: Sierra Leone considers Guinea's definition of the flood plain limits to define the left bank boundary of the Makona and Moa Rivers excessive and protests Guinea's continued occupation of these lands, including the hamlet of Yenga, occupied since 1998. 

Party abbreviations: GPT = Guinée Pour Tous (Guinea for All, est.2009); PUP = Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès (Unity and Progress Party, presidential, pro-Conte, ruling party 1992-2008, est.1992); RPG = Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée (Rally of the People of Guinea, anti-PUP, from 2012 RPG-Arc-en-ciel [RPG-Rainbow], mainly ethnic Malinke, est.1992); UPG = Union pour le Progrès de la Guinée (Union for the Progress of Guinea, moderate, est.1992); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: PDG = Parti Démocratique de Guinée (Democratic Party of Guinea, socialist, African nationalist, de facto state party 1960-1984, [named Parti-Etat de Guinée (Party-State of Guinea) 1977-84, founded as Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain [Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally], 14 May 1947-3 Apr 1984)






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