Ange Diawara

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Ange Diawara
Vice President of the Council of National Revolution
In office
Sept 1968 – Jan 1969
PresidentMarien Ngouabi
Preceded byJacques Opangault
Succeeded byHimself as First Vice President
First Vice President
In office
Jan 1969 – March 1969
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAlfred Raoul
Personal details
Born1941
Execution
NationalityCongolese
Political partyCongolese Party of Labour
SpouseAdélaïde Mougany
ProfessionPolitician, Militar

Ange Diawara (1941 – April 1973) was a politician and military figure from the Republic of the Congo.[1]

The son of a chief, Diawara was born in

government minister. He was the Minister of Equipment, Agriculture, Water Affairs, and Forestry, and on June 13, 1971, he was additionally assigned the Development portfolio.[3]

When the PCT Political Bureau was reduced to five members in December 1971, Diawara remained a member of the Political Bureau and was placed in charge of the Permanent Commission of the Army.

a failed coup d'état against President Ngouabi in February 1972. Fleeing Brazzaville
, Diawara and the other conspirators were eventually captured and killed in April 1973.

Diawara was married to Adélaïde Mougany.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique (1997), Karthala Editions, pages 145, 149, 193, and 429.
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  3. ^ "Jul 1971 - Reorganization of Council of State. - Communist Chinese Aid. - Alleged Anti-Government Plots", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 17, July, 1971 Congo, page 24,724.
  4. ^ Cheikh Yérim Seck, "Yvonne Adélaïde Moundélé-Ngollo", Jeune Afrique, 7 September 2003 (in French).