Diallo Telli Politician

Boubacar Diallo Telli (1925–1977) was a Guinean diplomat and politician. He helped found the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and was the first secretary-general of the OAU between 1964 and 1972. After serving as Minister of Justice in Guinea for four years he was executed by starvation by the regime of Ahmed Sékou Touré at Camp Boiro in 1977.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1925
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1977
Place of death
Camp Boiro

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Office holder

office
Minister of Justice
Secretary-general of the Organization of African Unity
Representative at the United Nations
successor
Lansana Diané

Topical connections

Ahmed Sékou TouréPresident
Lansana KouyatéPrime minister
Abdoulaye TouréPolitician
Andrew YoungPolitician

Diallo Telli on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.ca/books?id=73yzcSagxQIC&pg=PA74
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  8. http://books.google.ca/books?id=e5u4lXchXYQC&pg=PA175
  9. http://pulaarspeaking.net/telli.aspx
  10. http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_22010.html