Ange Diawara

Ange Diawara (1941 – April 1973) was a Congolese politician and military figure. He orchestrated the 1972 coup attempt and subsequently led the M 22 rebel movement until his capture and execution. When the National Revolutionary Council (CNR) was established in August 1968, Diawara became the First Vice-president of the CNR Executive Board in charge of Defense and Security; he was subsequently a founding member of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) in December 1969 and became Secretary of the CNR Executive Board in charge of Defense and Security. He was included on the PCT Political Bureau, formed on December 31, 1969, as First Political Commissar to the Army, When the PCT Political Bureau was reduced to five members in December 1971, Diawara remained a member of the Bureau and was placed in charge of the Permanent Commission of the Army. he orchestrated a failed coup d'état against President Ngouabi on 22 February 1972. After more than a year of evading capture, Diawara was captured in Kinshasa and secretly extradited by the Zairese authorities in April 1973. He was tortured and executed along with other conspirators shortly afterwards. The bodies of Diawara and Ikoko were publicly exhibited in the Stade de la Révolution.

Diawara was married to Adélaïde Mougany.