2008 Guinean coup d'état

When

23 Dec 2008

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

9.51° N, 13.71° W

Description

military coup shortly after President Lansana Conté died

Military coup shortly after President Lansana Conté died

On 23 December 2008, a coup d'état occurred in Guinea, shortly after the death of long-time president Lansana Conté. A junta called the National Council for Democracy and Development, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, seized power and announced that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election. Camara did indeed step down after Alpha Condé was elected in the 2010 election.

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Guinea”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A military coup d'état deposes the government of Guinea shortly after the death of longtime President Lansana Conté”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un golpe de Estado militar depone al gobierno de Guinea poco después de la muerte del presidente Lansana Conté”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page