Generale sekouba konate biography

Military career For his military prowess in combat, Konaté was nicknamed "El Tigre".
General Sékouba Konaté (born 6 June 1964) is an officer of the Guinean army and formerly served as the Vice President of its military junta, the National.
Sékouba Konaté (born June 6, 1964) is a Guinean military and statesman.

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Statement of the Chairperson on the status of AU Special Representative for Somalia

PRESS RELEASE

APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL SEKOUBA KONATE AS AFRICAN UNION HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
General Konaté will also be responsible for strategic planning and management of AU Peace Support Operations

Addis Ababa, 6 December 2010: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, has, today, appointed General Sékouba Konaté, President of the Transition and Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Guinea, as the High Representative of the African Union for the Operationalization of the African Standby Force (ASF) and, concurrently, responsible for strategic planning and management of AU Peace Support Operations.

The ASF is one of the main pillars of the continental peace and security architecture, as provided for by the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU, and is mandated to undertake peace support operations, as well as
intervention missions, including

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Military

On December 3, 2009, Camara was wounded by his aide-de-camp in a failed assassination attempt and evacuated to Morocco for medical treatment. National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) Minister of Defense Brigadier General Sekouba Konate stepped in as interim President of the Republic. Camaras wounds were not fatal, but necessitated a prolonged period of rehabilitation.

Camara was flown to Ouagadougou in January 2010, at the invitation of Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore, the ECOWAS-appointed mediator to the Guinean political crisis. Compaore helped broker a deal between Camara and Konate, known as the January 15 Ouagadougou Accords, in which Camara agreed to remain outside of Guinea for an extended recuperation and to officially appoint General Konate as the interim President of the Republic.

The Ouagadougou Accord called for a return to civilian rule by mid-2010. The Accord was signed by Burkinabe President Blaise Campaore (mediator from the Economic Community of West African States), former interim president Konate, and Captain Dadis Camara, who wa

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Guinea: The History of the Military as a Political Actor

Summary

The Guinean military was deeply intertwined with political power for the first 50 years after dependence in 1958. Under its founding president, Ahmed Sékou Touré, who led Guinea as a one-party state from 1958 to 1984, it was built with support from the Warsaw Pact and became a small, competent force which supported national development and regional peacekeeping. While Touré politicized the army, it was not an important political actor, and in the end it fell victim to Touré’s brutality. Colonel Lansana Conté seized power after Touré, leading a military dictatorship that fully controlled the government and succumbed to factionalism, corruption, and indiscipline. Conté died in 2008, and within a year, the successor regime had slipped into so much brutality that the military leaders accepted transition to civilian rule, making Guinea a fledging multiparty democracy since 2010, while the military returned to the barracks.

Subjects

Contentious Politics and Political Violence
Governance/Political Change
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