Alpha Condé (born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who has been President of Guinea since December 2010. He was a political science professor at the University of Paris and spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against President Lansana Conté in the 1993 and 1998 presidential elections and leading the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG), an opposition party. Standing again in the 2010 presidential election, which was widely considered the first truly credible election in Guinea's history, Condé was elected as President of Guinea in a second round of voting, according to official results. He subsequently offered "re-integration" by offering ministerial positions to opposition politicians.
Alpha Conde won the presidency of Guinea after a half-century in opposition. In December 2010 he was declared winner in Guinea's first democratic election since gaining independence from France in 1958. He took over from a military junta which seized power after the death of President Lansana Conté in 2008. Both allies and critics alike acknowledge his charisma and intelligence. His supporters consider him untainted, a "new man" who has never had the opportunity to "participate in the looting of the country." Mr Conde's political career began in the 1950s when, as head of the Federation of Black Students in Francophone Africa, he campaigned for independence from France, a drive that bore fruit in Guinea in 1958.
He won 19.6% of the vote in Guinea's first multiparty presidential election, held on 19 December 1993. Lansana Conté, who had been president since a bloodless 1984 coup d'etat, won that election with 51.7% of the vote. Condé's supporters alleged fraud in this election after the Supreme Court nullified results in the Kankan and Siguiri prefectures, where Condé had received more than 90% of the vote. In the 1998 presidential election, Condé ran again and received 16.6% of the vote, placing third behind Conté (56.1%) and Mamadou Boye Bâ (24.6%). On 16 December, two days after the poll, Condé was arrested and charged with trying to leave the country illegally; he was also charged with attempting to recruit forces to destabilize the government.
Alpha Conde won the presidency of Guinea after a half-century in opposition. In December 2010 he was declared winner in Guinea's first democratic election since gaining independence from France in 1958. He took over from a military junta which seized power after the death of President Lansana Conté in 2008. Both allies and critics alike acknowledge his charisma and intelligence. His supporters consider him untainted, a "new man" who has never had the opportunity to "participate in the looting of the country." Mr Conde's political career began in the 1950s when, as head of the Federation of Black Students in Francophone Africa, he campaigned for independence from France, a drive that bore fruit in Guinea in 1958.
He won 19.6% of the vote in Guinea's first multiparty presidential election, held on 19 December 1993. Lansana Conté, who had been president since a bloodless 1984 coup d'etat, won that election with 51.7% of the vote. Condé's supporters alleged fraud in this election after the Supreme Court nullified results in the Kankan and Siguiri prefectures, where Condé had received more than 90% of the vote. In the 1998 presidential election, Condé ran again and received 16.6% of the vote, placing third behind Conté (56.1%) and Mamadou Boye Bâ (24.6%). On 16 December, two days after the poll, Condé was arrested and charged with trying to leave the country illegally; he was also charged with attempting to recruit forces to destabilize the government.
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