Doumbouya was declared victor within the West African nation’s first election since he led the 2021 army takeover.
Printed On 18 Jan 2026
Mamady Doumbouya, a common who led a 2021 army takeover in Guinea, has been sworn in because the West African nation’s president.
The Saturday occasion, which befell in entrance of tens of hundreds of supporters and several other heads of state, got here after Doumbaya was declared the victor in final month’s election.
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The vote was the first since Doumbouya toppled President Alpha Conde 4 years in the past.
Though he initially pledged to not run for president after seizing energy, Doumbouya finally stood for election towards eight different candidates. Nevertheless, his most outstanding opponents remained in exile, with the opposition calling for a boycott of the ballot.
The West African nation’s Supreme Courtroom later mentioned Doumbouya obtained 86.7 p.c of the vote.
Wearing a conventional robe, Doumbouya swore an oath to uphold the structure – which had lately been altered to permit him to face – throughout an hours-long ceremony on the Basic Lansana Conte Stadium on the outskirts of the capital, Conakry.
“I swear earlier than God and earlier than the folks of Guinea, on my honour, to respect and faithfully implement the Structure, the legal guidelines, rules and judicial selections,” he mentioned.
Heads of state from Rwanda, The Gambia, Senegal and different African international locations joined the occasion, as did the vice presidents of China, Nigeria, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, in addition to officers from France and america.
Assimi Goita, a common who has led neighbouring Mali since a army takeover in 2020, was additionally in attendance.
The election got here after Guineans accredited a brand new structure in September that permitted members of the army management to run for workplace. It additionally lengthened presidential phrases from 5 to seven years, setting a two-term restrict.
Doumbouya has mentioned the army takeover was justified attributable to alleged corruption and financial mismanagement beneath Conde, who in 2010 turned the nation’s first freely elected president since its 1958 independence.
Throughout 4 years in energy, the army dissolved state establishments and suspended the structure, because it negotiated with regional our bodies, together with the Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS), over a return to democratic civilian authorities.
Doumbouya has cracked down on civil liberties, banned protests and focused political opponents throughout his time as chief.
With about 52 p.c of the inhabitants residing in poverty, he has promised to faucet the nation’s huge pure sources, which embody untapped iron ore deposits, in addition to the world’s largest bauxite reserves.
