About Karim Bangoura
Lived 1926 – 1972 (aged 45–46). Karim Bangoura was a politician and diplomat.
Karim Bangoura (c. 1926 – 1972) was a Guinean diplomat.
Born into a notable Susu family in Coyah in the mid-1920s, Bangoura was originally a school teacher and was an important member of the African Bloc of Guinea. Until 1958, he was a representative to the French Union.
A one-time director of the Guinean Press Agency, he served as Minister of Industry and Mines and from 1969 as Ambassador to the United States. He was arrested in Conakry in 1971 for participating in a 1970 attempted coup which was supported by the Portuguese, and was executed without trial a year later.
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Who was Karim Bangoura?
Guinean politician
When was Karim Bangoura born?
Karim Bangoura was born in 1926 in Wonkifong.
When did Karim Bangoura die?
Karim Bangoura died in 1972 in Camp Boiro.
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Karim Bangoura was a politician and diplomat.
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