Moussa Diakité | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1927 Kankan, Guinea |
Died | 4 July 1985 Guinea | (aged 57–58)
Moussa Diakité (1927 [1] – 4 July 1985) [2] was a Guinean politician during the presidency of Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was a member of the national Politburo. [3] 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. [4]
In March 1952 Diakité ran for election in Kankan on the RDA platform, while Sékou Touré ran for the forest region. Both men lost. [5] 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, economy and finance and housing. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8]
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. [3] 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. [9] Diakite was arrested on 3 April 1984, one week after Touré's death. [6] He was executed after the attempted coup by Diarra Traoré on 4 July 1985. [3]