Lansana Conté

Lansana Conté was a Guinean military officer who ruled Guinea from 1984 until his death in 2008, first as head of a military government and later as president.

1984 Guinean coup d'état: A military coup that toppled Guinea’s government in April 1984 and brought Lansana Conté to power. Conté became head of state after leading the coup that followed Ahmed Sékou Touré’s death.
Military dictatorship: A system of government in which military leaders hold political power outside ordinary civilian constitutional control. Conté began as a military ruler and kept the armed forces central to his government.
2007 Guinean general strike: A nationwide labor strike and protest movement that challenged Lansana Conté’s government in early 2007. The strikes forced Conté to make concessions and exposed the breadth of opposition to his rule.
Alpha Condé: A Guinean politician who served as the country’s president from 2010 to 2021. Condé came to power through Guinea’s first presidential election runoff, unlike Conté’s coup-led ascent.
Ahmed Sékou Touré: Guinea’s first president, who ruled from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984. His death left a power vacuum that Conté and other officers filled.
Guinean People's Party: The political party established by Lansana Conté in 1992 to support his government. The party supplied a civilian political structure for Conté’s continuing rule.
Guinean labor movement: The unions and worker organizations that have campaigned over wages, rights, and political change in Guinea. Organized labor helped turn economic grievances into a direct challenge to Conté’s government.
Civilian rule: Government in which political authority is held by civilian leaders rather than military commanders. Conté’s military origins and continuing reliance on the armed forces distinguish his rule from civilian government.
People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea: The socialist one-party state governed by Ahmed Sékou Touré from 1978 to 1984. Conté’s military takeover ended the political order built under Touré.
1993 Guinean presidential election: Guinea’s first multiparty presidential election, won by incumbent Lansana Conté amid opposition allegations of fraud. The election marked Conté’s transition from military rule to an elected presidency.

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