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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Kabiné Komara
- Preceded by
- Lansana Conté
- Succeeded by
- Sékouba Konaté (acting), Alpha Condé
- Vice president
- Sékouba Konaté
- Born
- ( 1964-01-01 ) 1 January 1964 (age 62) , Koulé , Guinea
- Party
- None
- Spouse
- Jeanne Saba
- Alma mater
- University of Conakry
- Profession
- Soldier
- Website
- Official website
- Allegiance
- Guinea
- Branch service
- Guinean Army
- Years of service
- 1983–2010
- Rank
- Captain
- Battles wars
- 2008 Guinean military unrest United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Civil War
- Criminal status
- Incarcerated at the Maison Centrale de Conakry
- Conviction
- Crimes against humanity
- Criminal penalty
- 20 years of imprisonment
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Guinea
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Guinea
- Educated at
- University of Conakry
- Political party
- National Council for Democracy and Development
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Dadis Camara portrait.JPG
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Moussa Dadis Camara
- date of birth
- 1964-12-29
- name in native language
- ߡߎߛߊ߫ ߘߊ߬ߘߌߛ ߞߡߊ߬ߙߊ
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- Moussa Dadis Camara
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Encyclopedic overview
Captain Moussa Dadis Camara ( French pronunciation: [musa dadis kamaʁa]; N'Ko: ߡߎߛߊ߫ ߘߊ߬ߘߌߛ ߞߡߊ߬ߙߊ߫ ߫; born 1 January 1964), now called Moïse Dadis Camara ([mɔiz dadis kamaʁa]), is an ex-officer of the Guinean Army who served as the third president of Guinea from 23 December 2008 to 3 December 2009. He was the first chairman of the National Council for Democracy and Development, which seized power in a military coup d'état on 23 December 2008 shortly after the death of long-time president Lansana Conté.
On 28 September 2009, protests occurred in the capital Conakry demanding that Camara step down. The security forces responded with force, and several dozen people died. On 3 December 2009, Camara was shot in the head during an assassination attempt and subsequently left the country to Morocco for medical treatment. Sékouba Konaté took over as acting president, with the United States and France expressing their desire to keep Camara out of the country. He was exiled in Burkina Faso, where he converted from Islam to Catholicism, changing his name from Moussa to the French form, Moïse, before returning to Guinea in 2021. On 31 July 2024, he was found guilty of crimes against humanity for his role in the 2009 protests, and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moussa Dadis Camara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.