| Name | Lansana Conte |  |
| Surname | Conte | |
| First Names | Lansana | |
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| Title | General | |
| Country of Birth | Guinea |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 2007 | ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States & Government | President of Guinea | |
| 1993 | Office of the President | President of the Republic of Guinea (Elected) | |
| 1985 | 1985 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Promotion to Brigadier General |
| 1984 | 1993 | Office of the President | President of the Republic and the Military Committee of National Recovery, Chief of Army General Staff (after a military coup) |
| 1982 | 1984 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Colonel |
| 1975 | 1982 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Second Chief of Ground Army General Staff, FAG |
| 1970 | 1975 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Army Captain |
| 1963 | 1970 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Second Lieutenant - Paymaster of the Special Batallion, Camp Samory Toure of Conakry |
| 1962 | 1963 | Ecole Militaire Inter-Armees de Conakry | Cadet at the Camp Alpha officer's school - Joined afterwards the Artillery Instruction Centre (2nd Batallion of Kindia) |
| 1960 | 1962 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Secretary General and General Staff of Army |
| 1959 | 1960 | Armed Forces of Guinea | Sergeant in the FAG |
| 1955 | 1958 | Soldier in the French Army with post in Algeria during the war of independence | |
| 1950 | 1954 | Preparatory & Technical Military School - EMPT | Cadet |
| Date of Birth | 1934 |
| Political Affiliation | PUP |
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| Notes | Lansana Conte seized power in a bloodless coup in 1984 and has ruled with an iron fist ever since. There is no clear successor to the septuagenarian president A diabetic and a chain smoker, he rarely makes public appearances. There is no obvious successor to the ailing leader, who in early 2007 faced violent protests and a general strike against his rule. Mr Conte, from the minority Soussou ethnic group, says he was born in the 1930s. After serving in the French army he returned home and became chief of staff in 1975. He seized power after President Sekou Toure's death in 1984, suspended the constitution, freed political prisoners and encouraged exiles to return. By 1992 he had organised a return to civilian rule, proceeding to win a presidential poll in 1993 and parliamentary elections in 1995. In 2003 he won a third term in a poll which was boycotted by the opposition. [ Retrieved on 13-03-08 13-03-08 09-08-07 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1032311.stm ] |
| Record last updated on 13 MAR 2008 |