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The National Council for Democracy and Development (French: Conseil national pour la démocratie et le développement, CNDD) was the ruling junta of Guinea from 2008 to 2010.
Historical background[]
The CNDD seized power in the 2008 Guinean coup d'état on 23 December 2008. This followed the death of the previous long-serving President, Lansana Conté.
Government[]
On 5 May 2009 the government recalled thirty of the country's overseas ambassadors - about three quarters of the nation's total. No reason was given for the decision.[1]
Members[]
On 23 December, the CNDD announced that the Council's members were:[2][3]
- Captain Moussa Dadis Camara - previously head of the army's fuel supplies unit [3]
- Brigadier General Mamadouba Camara
- Lt-Col Sékouba Konaté - previously head of an elite army unit [3]
- Lt-Col
- Lt-Col Aboubacar Sidiki Camara
- Commandant
- Commandant
- Commandant
- Lieutenant
- Captain
- Lt-Col
- Colonel Sékou Mara
- Lt-Col
- Captain
- Lieutenant
- Commandant
- Colonel
- Sub-Lieutenant Claude Pivi
- Lieutenant
- Commandant
- Mohamed
- Captain
- Commandant
- Lieutenant
- Chief Adjutant
- Lt-Col
- Dr
- Mamadi Condé
- Sub-Lieutenant
See also[]
- Moussa Dadis Camara#December 2008 army intervention
- Lansana Conté#Death
- Politics of Guinea
References[]
- ^ "Guinea junta recalls 30 ambassadors". The Tocqueville Connection. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ^ "Economie et Politique : Liste des membres du CNDD" Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, Guineenews, 23 December 2008 (in French).
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Guinea coup leaders name council", BBC News, 24 December 2008.
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