Ahmed Sékou Touré
Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. He would later die in the United States in 1984.
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- 🏆 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany🏆 Order of the White Lion🏆 Lenin Peace Prize🏆 Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo🏆 Order of Civil Merit
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1922
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