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GUINEAKeys events
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1958 (2 October) |
Proclamation
of the independence of Guinea. Ahmed Sékou Touré President. |
1958 (December) |
The
Republic of Guinea admitted to the UN. |
1959 (15 January) |
France
recognises Guinea. |
1960 (2 March) |
Guinea
leaves the Franc zone. |
1965-1976 |
Diplomatic
relations broken off between France and Guinea. |
1967 (25 Sept/2
Oct) |
Congress of the Parti démocratique
guinéen (PDG). Socialism officially
proclaimed as the means of developing Guinea. |
1968 (January) |
Sékou
Touré re-elected President of the Republic. |
1970 (22
November) |
Attempted
landing of Guinean exiles and Portuguese. 92 condemned to death in a trial. |
1970 (24
December) |
Archbishop
Tchidimbo of Conakry arrested and condemned to a life sentence of forced labour. |
1972 (24/26
April) |
Congress
of the PDG. Sékou Touré re-elected President of the party. Creation of the post of Prime
Minister – given to Lansana Béavogui. |
1973 (18
September) |
Diplomatic
relations broken off with Senegal. |
1974 (27
December) |
Re-election
of Sékou Touré as President of the Republic. |
1975 (14 July) |
Diplomatic
relations re-established with France. |
1977 (27 August) |
Women’s
revolt against the regime of Sékou Touré. |
1978 (18 March) |
Reconciliation
of Guinea with Senegal and Ivory Coast. |
1979 (17/21 Nov.) |
The
congress of the PDG decides that the regional governors and arrondissement chiefs will
henceforth be elected. |
1979 (8 August) |
Archbishop
Tchidimbo freed. |
1980 (27 January) |
General
elections. |
1982 (14 May) |
Sékou
Touré re-elected President of the Republic. |
1984 (26 March) |
Death of
Sékou Touré. Lansana
Bévogui, the Prime Minister, is designated chief of government. |
1984 (3 April) |
Military
coup d’état by Colonel lansana Condé and Colonel Diarra Traoré. Lansana Condé
appointed President, Diarra Traoré
becomes Prime Minister. |
1984 (23 May) |
The
People’s Revolutionary Republic of Guinea becomes the Republic of Guinea. |
1984 (5 June) |
The High
Commission for Refugees (HCR) reports the return of 200,000 Guinean exiles. |
1984 (18
December) |
Post of
Prime Minister suppressed. Lansana Conté chief of the government. |
1985 (25 March) |
Liberalisation
of the economy. |
1985 (4/5 July) |
Attempted
coup d’état led by Diarra Traoré. |
1986 (5 January) |
The
Guinean Franc, abandoned in 1972, replaces the Syli. |
1987 (6 May) |
About
forty dignitaries of the regime of Sékou Touré condemned to death. |
1988 (6/7
January) |
Demonstrations
about the cost of living. |
1990 (Oct./Dec.) |
Student
strike. |
1990 (23
December) |
Draft
Constitution creating a multiparty system adopted by referendum. |
1991 (6 May) |
Unlimited
general strike. |
1992 (January) |
Student
strike. |
1993 (19
December) |
First
pluralist presidential election. Violence and
demonstrations demanding that the election be postponed. Lansana Conté elected. |
1994 (15
December) |
Guinea
becomes the 125th member of GATT. |
1995 (11-16 June) |
First
pluralist general elections. The party in power, the Parti de l’unité et du
progrès (PUP) wins a large majority. |
1995 (29 June) |
Municipal
elections. |
1996 (2/3
February) |
Military
mutiny for reasons of wage demands. |
1996 (June/July) |
Violent
internal disagreements within the Coordination de l’opposition démocratique
(CODEM) on the subject of negotiating with those in power. |
1996 (9 July) |
Sidya
Touré appointed to the newly-created post of Prime Minister (post not mentioned in the
1990 Constitution). |
1997 (21 October) |
The
President carries out a major government reshuffle in preparation for the 1998
presidential election. |
1998 (23 March) |
Clashes
between the forces of order and demonstrators opposed to expulsions from a quarter of the
city. Several arrests. |
1998 (7 April) |
The
CODEM members of the assembly suspend their participation in the work of the National
Assembly to demand the release of those arrested. |
1998 (May) |
Refugees
from Sierra Leone flood into Guinea, fleeing combats in their own country. |
1998 (14
December) |
Lansana
Conté re-elected President of the Republic with 56.12% of the votes. The
opposition contests the election results. |
1998 (December) |
President
Conté has one of the election candidates, Alpha Condé, charged. |
1999 (9 March) |
Lamine
Sidimé appointed Prime Minister. |
2000 (20 May) |
Sidya
Touré, former Prime Minister, becomes President of the Union des Forces Républicaines
(UFR), an opposition party. |
2000 (25 June) |
Communal
elections. They are followed by violent demonstrations (5 dead) denouncing delays in the
declaration of the results. |
2000 (11
September) |
The
opposition member Alpha Condé is condemned to five years in prison. |
2000 (October) |
Border
conflict with Sierra Leone and Liberia. |
2000 (10
November) |
The
general elections scheduled for 26 November are postponed indefinitely. |
2000 (10
December) |
Clashes
in the south of the country with rebels from Liberia and Sierra Leone. |
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Update
currently in preparation. |
Sources used |
Afrique contemporaine, quarterly review (La
Documentation Française) AFP
Afrique: daily news bulletin from Africa –Agence France Presse Press
Files from the CEAN Document Centre. |
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