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Alpha Condé
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Alpha Condé is a Guinean politician, writer, and author born in Boké on March 4, 1938. A member of the Rally of the Guinean People, he has served as President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union. He is affiliated with the Office of the President of Guinea. Condé was educated at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, and has worked as an employer at the University of Paris.
As a writer, he has authored works including *Un Africain engagé*, *Guinée*, and *Les sociétés traditionnelles mandingues*. He speaks French and Guianan Creole, with Maninka and Guianan Creole as his native languages. His religious affiliation is Islam. Condé was a candidate in the 2010 and 2015 Guinean presidential elections. He has received the Order of Friendship, National Order of Merit, and Order of Mohammed.
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- Works
- 3
Top works
- Un Africain engagé
- Guinée
- Les sociétés traditionnelles mandingues
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Guinea
- Place of birth
- Boké
- Spouse
- Djené Kaba Condé
- Occupation
- author
- Position held
- President of Guinea
- Educated at
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
- Employer
- University of Paris
- Political party
- Rally of the Guinean People
- Languages spoken
- Guianan Creole
- Native language
- Guianan Creole
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Order of Mohammed
- Image
- Alpha Conde - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-03-04
- Commons category
- Alpha Condé
- name in native language
- Alpha Condé
- birth name
- ߞߐ߲ߘߍ߫
- candidacy in election
- 2010 Guinean presidential election
- affiliation string
- Office of the President of Guinea
- P10632
- Alpha Condé
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Encyclopedic overview
Alpha Condé (N'Ko: ߊߟߑߝߊ߫ ߞߐ߲ߘߍ߫; born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021. He spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against then-President Lansana Conté in the 1993 and 1998 presidential elections and leading the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG), an opposition party.
Standing again in the 2010 presidential election, Condé was elected president in a second round of voting. Upon his election, he said he would strengthen Guinea as a democracy and fight corruption.
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