Lansana Diané

Lansana Diané (died 1985) was a general and a minister in the cabinet of Ahmed Sekou Touré, President of Guinea during the First Republic (1958–1984).

[citation needed] He became one of the leaders of the African Democratic Rally in Guinea in the lead-up to independence from France in 1958.

[4] On his return to Guinea, General Diané was appointed Minister for Labé, where he help to suppress ongoing resistance to the government of Sekou Touré.

In September 1966, he accompanied Ismaël Touré, Minister of Economic Development and Public Works on a visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.

[5] Following the unsuccessful "Operation Green Sea" attempt by Portuguese troops to overthrow the regime in November 1970, many of Touré's opponents were rounded up and jailed in Camp Boiro.