[1] It led to the deposition of Prime Minister Louis Lansana Beavogui, who had held the office since 1972, and had been serving as interim president since 26 March, when longtime President Ahmed Sékou Touré died during an emergency heart operation at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States.

[1] Under the Constitution, the PDG's leader would have been automatically elected to a seven-year term as president, and would have been confirmed in office via a referendum.

Colonel Conté suspended the constitution and dissolved the PDG, the National Assembly and all mass organizations.

[5] Eventually, a power struggle developed between Conté and a fellow member of the CMNR, Lieutenant Colonel Diarra Traoré (who briefly served as Prime Minister in April–December 1984), with the latter being executed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in July 1985.

[9] Conté remained in power until his death on 22 December 2008,[10][11] which was almost immediately followed by another coup d'état, led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.