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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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DADIS JUNIOR
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3 January 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Gaddafi
(Libya)
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3 January 2009
President Dadis Camara
Alain Joyandet
(Francophone)
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21 April 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Compaoré
(Burkina Faso)
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15 May 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Johnson-Sirleaf
(Liberia)
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18 May 2009
President Dadis Camara
RECEIVING UNESCO ORDER
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18 May 2009
President Dadis Camara
President Abdoulaye Wade
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Born
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1964 Kouré, Préfecture de Lola
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Ethnic background
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Kpèlè
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Religion
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Christian
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Burgerlijke stand
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Married with Children
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Situation
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Official residency
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Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo
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CV
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1970-1986
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Primairy and Secundary School in N'zérékoré
diplome mathematics lycée Samory Touré
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1986-1990
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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".
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Languages
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Susu - Mandingo - Fula - Kpèlè - Frans - Duits
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1990
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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.
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1996-1999
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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.
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2000-2001
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Assisent-steward UNAMSIL UN-troops in Sierra Leone.
Assistent-steward UNAMSIL VN-troepenmacht in Sierra Leone.
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2002
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Head department Fuels. Hoofd afdeling Brandstoffen, directie de van de Rentmeester
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2004-2006
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Officers education in Guinea and Logistic Management in Germany (Dresden).
Officieropleidingen in Guinée en Logistiek Infanterie in Duitsland (Dresden)
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2006
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Promoted to Captain. Promotie tot kapitein
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2005-2007
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Gedetacheerd bij de Generale Staf.
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2005
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Brevet parachutist bij de commando's
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2007-2008
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Volgt opleidingen aan d’État Major à l’École militaire inter-armée (EMIAG).
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Spring 2007 & May 2008
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Kopstuk Militaire Opstanden
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14 november 2008
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Benoeming tot Directeur Legeraangelegenheden op het Ministerie van Defensie
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24 december 2008
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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
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18 May 2009
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UNESCO AWARD as Grand Officer of l'Ordre National du Mérite and recognized as Grand Master of the National Orders by the Grand Chancery
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8 August 2009
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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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