Moussa Diakité (politician)

Moussa Diakité (1927^[1] – 4 July 1985)^[2] was a Guinean politician during the presidency of Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was a member of the national Politburo.^[3] His wife, Tata Keïta, was half sister of the President's wife Andrée, and his son married the eldest daughter of Ismael Touré, the president's brother.^[4]

In March 1952 Diakité ran for election in Kankan on the RDA platform, while Sékou Touré ran for the forest region. Both men lost.^[5] After Touré became first President of Guinea after independence in 1958, Diakite held a number of cabinet posts, serving as minister of banking, security and internal affairs, economy and finance and housing.^[6] As Minister-Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Guinea in 1962 he was involved in negotiations with the United States of America over guarantees for foreign investors.^[7] He became a member of the tight-knit group of close relatives who supported President Sékou Touré and who became the primary beneficiaries of the regime.^[8]

He was a member of the Commission of Inquiry at Camp Boiro, where he conducted the secret investigation followed by the execution of Diallo Telli in 1972.^[3] In May 1972, as Minister of the Interior and Security and member of the National Politbureau he was among leaders who welcomed Fidel Castro of Cuba on his visit to Guinea.^[9] Diakite was arrested on 3 April 1984, one week after Touré's death.^[6] He was executed after the attempted coup by Diarra Traoré on 4 July 1985.^[3]