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BIOGRAPHY HIS EXCELLENCY - BIOGRAFIE Zijne Excellentie

President Moussou DADIS Camara


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Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (born 1964) is an officer of the Guinean army who is serving as the President of the Republic of Guinea and as chairman of the Guinea's National Council for Democracy and Development (Conseil National de la Démocratie et du Développement, CNDD), which seized power in a military coup d'etat on 23 December 2008 following the death of long-time President Lansana Conté. As head of the CNDD, which captain Moussa Dadis Camara describes as a transitional body that will oversee the country's return to democracy, captain Dadis Camara is the Head of State of Guinea.


BIOGRAPHY

His Excellency President Moussa Dadis Camara was born in 1964 in Koure, Lola Prefecture in the far southeast of Guinea, near the border with Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. He went to school 40km away in the regional capital, Nzérékoré. He studied law and economics at the Abdel Nasser University in Conakry . He is a Christian and speaks four languages: French, Kpelle, Susu and Maninka. He joined the Army of Guinea in 1990 as a corporal and in 2004 went to Germany for 18 months military training. He was one of the leading mutineers in the 2008 Guinean military unrest. In November 2008, he was named head of the army's fuel supplies unit and a member of the Minister of Defense's cabinet. Prior to the December 2008 coup, he was not well known by the general population.

Christmas 2008

In the early hours of December 23, 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that former president Conté had died due to illness on December 22. Six hours after Somparé announced Conté's death, a statement was read on television announcing a military coup d'état. This statement, read by Captain Dadis Camara on behalf of the CNDD, said that "the government and the institutions of the Republic had been dissolved". The statement also announced the suspension of the constitution "as well as political and union activity". According to captain Dadis Camara, the coup was necessary due to Guinea's "deep despair" amidst rampant poverty and corruption, and he said that the existing institutions were "incapable of resolving the crises which have been confronting the country." Furthermore, he said that someone from the military would become President, while a civilian would be appointed as Prime Minister at the head of a new government that would be ethnically balanced. The National Council for Democracy and Development would, according to captain Camara, include 26 officers as well as six civilians.

A new statement was read over the radio on 24 December announcing that Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was the President of the CNDD. Later in the day, Camara and thousands of soldiers loyal to him paraded through the city, surrounded by large numbers of civilian supporters. According to captain Camara, he "came to see if the terrain is favorable to us", declaring that the large crowds indicated that the people were indeed supportive of the coup. Also on 24 December, Dadis Camara said in a radio broadcast that the CNDD did not want to stay in power indefinitely and that it intended to lead the country towards "credible and transparent presidential elections.

Speaking on the radio on 25 December, His Excellency President Moussa Dadis Camara declared that the CNDD was not susceptible to bribes. According to President Dadis, people had "started to show up with bags of money to try to corrupt us. They've tried to give money to our wives and cars to our children." He warned that he would "personally go after anyone that tries to corrupt us" and started his campaign:

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President Moussou Dadis Camara
President Dadis
President Camara Guinea
President Moussou Camara
President Moussou Dadis Camara


Dadis junior
DADIS JUNIOR

President Dadis & Gadaffi

3 January 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Gaddafi
(Libya)

President Dadis & Alain Joyandet

3 January 2009
President Dadis Camara
Alain Joyandet
(Francophone)

Dadis & Blaise

21 April 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Compaoré
(Burkina Faso)

President Dadis & Ellen

15 May 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Johnson-Sirleaf
(Liberia)

President Dadis & UNESCO

18 May 2009
President Dadis Camara
RECEIVING UNESCO ORDER

President Dadis & Abdoulaye Wade Senegal

18 May 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Abdoulaye Wade

Born 1964 Kouré, Préfecture de Lola
Ethnic background Kpèlè
Religion Christian
Burgerlijke stand Married with Children


Situation

Official residency Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo


CV

1970-1986 Primairy and Secundary School in N'zérékoré
diplome mathematics lycée Samory Touré
1986-1990 Gamal Andel Nasser University Conakry: Doctor Economics & Public Finance. Master's thesis 'The intervention of the International Monetary Fund in Africa, Latin America and Asia".
Languages Susu - Mandingo - Fula - Kpèlè - Frans - Duits
1990 Takes service in the Guinea army as corporal and later appointed to Section Chief Fuels at army base in Kindia. Dienst genomen in het Guineese leger als korporaal en later benoemd tot Chef Afdeling Brandstoffen op de legerbasis in Kindia.
1996-1999 Granted a scholarship to follow an officer's education in Germany and management school in Bremen where he also studied other directions. Won een beurs om in Duitsland een opleiding tot officier te volgen in Dresden en vervolgens een managementopleiding in Bremen waar hij ook andere cursussen volgt.
2000-2001 Assisent-steward UNAMSIL UN-troops in Sierra Leone. Assistent-steward UNAMSIL VN-troepenmacht in Sierra Leone.
2002 Head department Fuels. Hoofd afdeling Brandstoffen, directie de van de Rentmeester
2004-2006 Officers education in Guinea and Logistic Management in Germany (Dresden). Officieropleidingen in Guinée en Logistiek Infanterie in Duitsland (Dresden)
2006 Promoted to Captain. Promotie tot kapitein
2005-2007 Gedetacheerd bij de Generale Staf.
2005 Brevet parachutist bij de commando's
2007-2008 Volgt opleidingen aan d’État Major à l’École militaire inter-armée (EMIAG).
Spring 2007 & May 2008 Kopstuk Militaire Opstanden
14 november 2008 Benoeming tot Directeur Legeraangelegenheden op het Ministerie van Defensie
24 december 2008 Benoemd tot voorzitter van de Nationale Raad voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling (CNDD: Comité national de développement et de démocratie) en benoemd tot
2DE PRESIDENT VAN DE 3DE REPUBLIEK VAN GUINÉE
18 May 2009 UNESCO AWARD as Grand Officer of l'Ordre National du Mérite and recognized as Grand Master of the National Orders by the Grand Chancery
8 August 2009 Prestigious 2009 GRAND PRIZE OF AFRICA- the Oscar for African Managers (International Council of Managers African), for his oustanding efforts to fight corruption and drug trafficking.





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