Fodé Soumah is a

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from

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

. Soumah was a prominent figure in the ruling

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and was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Guinea. Following the

2003 Guinean presidential election Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 21 December 2003. Incumbent Lansana Conté won over 95.6% of the vote after most opposition parties boycotted the elections. Candidates Conté ran for another seven-year term despite serious health p ...

, Soumah was appointed the Minister of Youth and Sports. In this post, he also headed the nation's

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. Soumah was indicted in December 2006 for complicity, while Deputy Governor of the Bank, in the withdrawal of $22 million by Mamadou Sylla. Along with Sylla, he was released by the personal intervention of

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Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (; 30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

. This became a major complaint leading to the

2007 Guinean general strike The 2007 Guinean general strike began on January 10, 2007. Guinea's trade unions and opposition parties called on President Lansana Conté to resign, accusing him of mismanaging the economy and abusing his authority. The strikers also accused C ...

. After the election of Alpha Condé as president, Soumah was appointed political advisor to the president until his death on Tuesday March 27, 2012 in Morocco following an illness.

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