Lauriane Doumbouya

Lauriane Doumbouya (née Darboux) is the First Lady of Guinea since 5 September 2021. A French citizen, she is the wife of General Mamady Doumbouya.

Biography

Career in France Lauriane Darboux was born in Chabeuil, France. She completed a three-month assistant gendarme training course at the Tulle school in 2005. She met her future husband Mamady Doumbouya at that time. A good horseback rider, she joined the Republican Guard in 2006.

The same year, she was trained as a non-commissioned officer in Libourne. She then returned to her native town, Chabeuil, and her career as a gendarme kicked off. She received bonuses for exceptional results in 2011 and 2014. in 2017. Since 2011, she has been married to the Guinean interim president Mamady Doumbouya, whom she met shortly after his arrival in France, in 2005.