17 Facts About Mamady Doumbouya

Mamady Doumbouya is a Guinean military officer serving as the current president of Guinea since 5 September 2021.

Mamady Doumbouya is a member of the Special Forces Group of the Guinean military and a former French legionnaire.

On 1 October 2021, Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as interim president.

Mamady Doumbouya was born on 4 March 1980 in the Kankan Region of Guinea.

Mamady Doumbouya was a French legionnaire holding the rank of corporal before he returned to Guinea to lead the Special Forces Group, an elite military unit created by President Alpha Conde.

Mamady Doumbouya worked in this role for country's intelligence services, based in Forecariah.

Mamady Doumbouya was further promoted to lieutenant colonel in 2019 and to colonel in 2020.

Mamady Doumbouya was deployed on missions to Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Central African Republic, Israel, Cyprus, the UK and Guinea, during his 15-year career.

Mamady Doumbouya was one of 25 officials from Guinea that the European Union threatened to sanction over allegations of human rights abuses.

Mamady Doumbouya was the instigator of the 5 September 2021 Guinean coup d'etat, in which the president of Guinea, Alpha Conde, was detained.

Mamady Doumbouya issued a broadcast on state television declaring that his faction had dissolved the government and constitution.

On 1 October 2021, Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as interim president at Mohammed V Palace in Conakry.

On Mali's 62nd anniversary of independence, Mamady Doumbouya met with Malian president Assimi Goita in which he was welcomed by him.

Mamady Doumbouya met with Paul Kagame of Rwanda in his country of Guinea which he was the first to meet him since 2021 Guinean coup d'etat.

Mamady Doumbouya was inspired by him to reform and reconcile his nation like how Kagame did to Rwanda.

On 28 March 2025, Mamady Doumbouya granted a pardon on health grounds to former president Moussa Dadis Camara, who was convicted over the killing of 156 people during the 2009 Guinean protests.

Mamady Doumbouya is married to Lauriane Darboux, who is an active duty member of the French National Gendarmerie.