Touré was the president of the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), a political party, from 2003 to 2014.

[1][2] Touré was born in Niodougou, Niafunké Cercle, French Sudan, on 27 December 1941.

[6] Touré was appointed one of six members of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on 30 January 1995.

[7] When the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) political party was founded in June 2003, Touré was elected as its president.

[10] He continued presiding over the National Assembly through the November 2013 parliamentary election, in which he did not stand for re-election.