List of presidents of Guinea

President of the
Republic of Guinea

Président de la République de Guinée (French)
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Coat of arms of Guinea

Presidential Standard

Incumbent
Mamady Doumbouya
(Interim)

since 5 September 2021[a]

Style| His Excellency
Type| President
Status|

* Head of state
* Commander-in-chief

Residence| Presidential Palace, Conakry
Term length| Five years,
renewable once
Constituting instrument| Constitution of Guinea
Inaugural holder| Ahmed Sékou Touré
Formation| 2 October 1958; 66 years ago (1958-10-02)
Salary| 22,390 USD annually[1]
Website| [1]

Politics of Guinea

Constitution

* Constitution
* Human rights

Government

* Interim President

Mamady Doumbouya
* Prime Minister

Bah Oury
* Cabinet of Guinea

Bah Oury government [fr]

Parliament

* National Council of the Transition

President: Dansa Kourouma

Administrative divisions

* Regions
* Prefectures
* Sub-prefectures
* Districts and Quarters
* Villages and Sectors

Elections

* Recent elections

* Presidential: 2015
* 2020

* Legislative: 2013
* 2020

* Political parties

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Morissanda Kouyaté

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* Diplomatic missions of / in Guinea

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* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

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This article lists the presidents of Guinea, since the country gained independence from France in 1958 (after rejecting to join the French Community in a constitutional referendum).

## Term limits

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As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Guinea. This limit has been lifted for Conté in 2001 and for Condé in 2020.[2]

## List of officeholders

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Political parties

Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally (PDG–RDA)

Unity and Progress Party (PUP)

Rally of the Guinean People (RPG)

Other factions

Military

Status

Denotes acting President

Symbols

§ Elected unopposed

† Died in office

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Elected  | Term of office  | Political party

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Ahmed Sékou Touré
(1922–1984) | 1961[§]
1968[§]
1974[§]
1982[§] | 2 October 1958  | 26 March 1984[†] | 25 years, 176 days  | PDG–RDA
—  |  | Louis Lansana Beavogui
(1923–1984) | —  | 26 March 1984  | 3 April 1984
(Deposed in a coup) | 8 days  | PDG–RDA
—  |  | Lansana Conté
(1934–2008)[b] | —  | 3 April 1984  | 22 December 2008[†] | 24 years, 263 days  | Military /
PUP
2  | 1993
1998
2003
3  |  | Moussa Dadis Camara
(born 1964)[c] | —  | 23 December 2008
(Took power in a coup) | 3 December 2009[d] | 345 days  | Military
—  |  | Sékouba Konaté
(born 1966)[c] | —  | 3 December 2009  | 21 December 2010  | 1 year, 18 days  | Military
4  |  | Alpha Condé
(born 1938) | 2010
2015
2020 | 21 December 2010  | 5 September 2021
(Deposed in a coup) | 10 years, 258 days  | RPG
—  |  | Mamady Doumbouya
(born 1980)[a] | —  | 5 September 2021  | Incumbent  | 3 years, 328 days  | Military

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Styled as Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development until 1 October 2021, when he was additionally sworn in as Interim President.[3]
2. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Military Committee of National Restoration until 5 April 1984.
3. ^ a b Styled as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy and Development.
4. ^ Incapacitated after an assassination attempt.

## Timeline

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## Latest election

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Main article: 2020 Guinean presidential election

## See also

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* Politics of Guinea
* List of prime ministers of Guinea
* List of colonial governors of French Guinea

## References

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1. ^ "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily. 27 December 2020.
2. ^ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
3. ^ "Guinea swears in coup leader Mamady Doumbouya as interim president". Reuters. CNN. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

## External links

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Government

* (in French) Official site of the Guinean government
* Guinea's state structure

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Presidents of Guinea

* Ahmed Sékou Touré
* Louis Lansana Beavogui*
* Lansana Conté
* Aboubacar Somparé*
* Moussa Dadis Camara
* Sékouba Konaté*
* Alpha Condé
* Mamady Doumbouya*

* acting

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Guinea articles

History|

* Regional history
* Songhai Empire
* Imamate of Futa Jallon
* Wassoulou Empire
* African slave trade
* French West Africa
* Rivières du Sud
* French Guinea
* Sékou Touré's rule
* Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
* Portuguese invasion
* Camp Boiro
* 1984 coup d'état
* 2007 protests
* 2008 military unrest
* 2008 coup d'état
* 2009 protests
* 2014 Ebola virus epidemic
* 2020 coronavirus pandemic
* 2021 coup d'état

Geography|

* Biosphere reserves
* Borders
* Cities
* Ecoregions
* Mountains
* Protected areas
* Rivers
* Wildlife

Politics|

* Administrative divisions
* Cabinet
* Elections
* Foreign relations
* Human rights
* LGBT
* Military
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* Political parties
* President
* Prime Minister

Economy|

* Agriculture
* Central bank
* Energy
* Franc (currency)
* Mining
* Telecommunications
* Trade unions
* Transport

Society|

* Abortion
* Demographics
* Education
* Ethnic groups
* Health
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Heads of state and government of Africa

Heads of state|

| UN member states|

* Algeria
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* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
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* Eritrea
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* Ethiopia
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* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
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Other states|

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Heads of government|

| UN member states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Other states|

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Defunct states
and governments|

* Ashanti Empire
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