Jean-Marie Doré
| Jean-Marie Doré | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Guinea | |
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In office 26 January 2010 – 24 December 2010 |
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| President |
Sékouba Konaté (Acting) Alpha Condé |
| Preceded by | Kabiné Komara |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Said Fofana |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 June 1938 Guinée Forestière, Guinea |
| Died | 29 January 2016 (aged 77) Conakry, Guinea |
| Political party | Union for the Progress of Guinea |
Jean-Marie Doré (12 June 1938 – 29 January 2016) was a Guinean politician who was the Prime Minister of Guinea from January 2010 until December 2010. Doré, who was the President of the Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG), was an opposition leader for years before being chosen to head a transitional government that was in place during the preparation and conduct of the 2010 presidential election.
A native of Bossou in Guinea's Forestière region, Doré received his higher education in France, where he studied law. He emerged as an important opposition leader in the early 1990s.
Doré, an intellectual known for his "fiery rhetoric and a sometimes outlandish persona", was a radical opponent and vitriolic critic of President Lansana Conté. Considered a "gadfly" on the political scene by some observers, Doré never participated in the government under Lansana Conté.
With his main support base among the minority ethnic groups of the Forestière region, Doré was a candidate in the 1993 presidential election; according to official results, he placed sixth with 0.9% of the vote. Subsequently he was elected to the National Assembly in the 1995 parliamentary election, winning a seat through national list proportional representation. He was the only UPG candidate to win a seat.
Doré ran again as the UPG candidate in the December 1998 presidential election. On 7 December 1998, shortly before the 1998 election was held, he called for it to be delayed due to inadequate preparations. After the election, he was placed under house arrest for a short period while votes were counted. The official results showed Doré placing fourth with 1.7% of the vote.
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