The Foreign Ministry of Guinea |
Mamady Touré
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Born December 11, 1952 in Kankan.
Appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea in 2017.
Holds a Master of Business Administration from City University in New York. In 2011, he was appointed Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations. Since April 2017, he has held this position cumulatively with that of special advisor to President Alpha Conde in charge of African integration.
Mr. Touré has held since 2007, several senior positions at the United Nations, including senior political issues, chief of staff at the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).
He also served as Senior Political Adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Acting Chief of Staff of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa.
From 2004 to 2007, Mamady Toure was a political advisor to the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Dispute and Head of the Regional Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Ethiopia. Haiti (MINUSTAH).
Mr. Touré has also been Special Assistant and Head of the Political Group of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia and Senior Political Affairs Officer in charge of the Africa Team of the United Nations Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. political affairs.
In the 1990s, Mr. Touré was an expert on political issues in areas such as disarmament affairs and Africa. He was also Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.