Saifoulaye Diallo was a Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

n politician, lawmaker and cabinet member.Diallo served in the French national assembly

French National Assembly

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 1956-1958. He was the political secretary of the ruling Parti démocratique de Guinée and the de facto number-two statesman during the first five years of the Republic of Guinea. He served as President of the Territorial Assembly (March 1957–1958) and President of the National Assembly (1958–1963). In January 1963, he entered the government as Minister of State and held various cabinet portfolios (foreign affairs

Foreign Affairs

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, finance

Finance

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, social services) under President Ahmed Sékou Touré

Ahmed Sékou Touré

Ahmed Sékou Touré was an African political leader and President of Guinea from 1958 to his death in 1984...

, until his death in 1981.

External links

• 1st page on the French National Assembly website
• 2nd page on the French national assembly website

Biography