List of presidents of Guinea

President of the Republic of Guinea
Président de la République de Guinée (French) ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߬ ߞߊ߲ߕߌ߮ ߟߎ߬ ߛߙߍߘߍ (N'Ko)
Coat of arms of Guinea
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Mamady Doumbouya (Interim) since 5 September 2021[a]
Style	His Excellency
Type	President
Status	Head of state Commander-in-chief
Residence	Presidential Palace, Conakry
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Ahmed Sékou Touré
Formation	2 October 1958
Salary	22,390 USD annually[1]

This article lists the presidents of Guinea, since the country gained independence from France in 1958 (after rejecting to join the French Community in a constitutional referendum).

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Guinea. This limit has been lifted for Conté in 2001 and for Condé in 2020.^[2]

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally (PDG–RDA)

  Unity and Progress Party (PUP)

  Rally of the Guinean People (RPG)

Other factions

  Military

Status

  Denotes acting President

Symbols

^§ Elected unopposed

^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922–1984)	1961^[§] 1968^[§] 1974^[§] 1982^[§]	2 October 1958	26 March 1984^[†]	25 years, 176 days	PDG–RDA
—		Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923–1984)	—	26 March 1984	3 April 1984 (Deposed in a coup)	8 days	PDG–RDA
2		Lansana Conté (1934–2008)[b]	1993 1998 2003	3 April 1984	22 December 2008^[†]	24 years, 263 days	Military / PUP
3		Moussa Dadis Camara (born 1964)[c]	—	24 December 2008 (Took power in a coup)	3 December 2009[d]	344 days	Military
—		Sékouba Konaté (born 1966)[c]	—	3 December 2009	21 December 2010	1 year, 18 days	Military
4		Alpha Condé (born 1938)	2010 2015 2020	21 December 2010	5 September 2021 (Deposed in a coup)	10 years, 258 days	RPG
—		Mamady Doumbouya (born 1980)[a]	—	5 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 114 days	Military

Notes

1. Styled as Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development until 1 October 2021, when he was additionally sworn in as Interim President.^[3]
2. Styled as Chairman of the Military Committee of National Restoration until 5 April 1984.
3. Styled as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy and Development.
4. Incapacitated after an assassination attempt.

Timeline

Latest election

Main article: 2020 Guinean presidential election

See also

• Politics of Guinea
• List of prime ministers of Guinea
• List of colonial governors of French Guinea

References

1. "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily. 27 December 2020.
2. Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
3. "Guinea swears in coup leader Mamady Doumbouya as interim president". Reuters. CNN. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

External links

Government

• (in French) Official site of the Guinean government
• Guinea's state structure