Diakaria Koulibaly is a Guinean politician. He is a former Minister of Hydrocarbons appointed May 26, 2018.[1]
Diakaria Koulibaly | |
|---|---|
| Director General of the National Petroleum Office | |
| In office 2016–2018 | |
| President | Alpha Condé |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahima Kassory Fofana |
| Minister of Energy, Hydropower and Hydrocarbons | |
| In office 2018–2021 | |
| President | Alpha Condé |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahima Kassory Fofana |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahima Abé Sylla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1976 Mandiana, Republic of Guinea |
| Political party | Rally of the Guinean People |
| Alma mater | Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry |
Biography and education
editBorn in Mandiana, he studied in Guinea, receiving a master's degree in finance in 1998 from Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry.
Professional career
editDiakaria Koulibaly held several positions in the Guinean administration, notably in the petroleum sector.
From June 1999 to September 2001, he was management controller at Société Guinéenne d’Électricité (SOGEL), (currently) Électricité de Guinée (EDG), from October 2001 to September 2006 he was General accounting manager. from 2006 to January 2011 he was management controller at Total Guinée, a subsidiary of the French petroleum firm Total.
From March 2014 to June 2014, he was an advisor at the Ministry of Trade (Guinea) tasked with the petroleum sector, and then Director General of the Office National des Pétroles (ONAP).
From July 2014 to December 2015, he was the National Director of Petroleum Products and Derivatives at the Ministry of Trade and from January 2016 to 29 August 2018[2] General Director of the l’Office National des Pétroles (ONAP).[3]
He was Minister of Energy, Hydropower and Hydrocarbons, appointed 26 May 2018.
Arrest
editDiakaria Koulibaly was imprisoned at the Maison Centrale de Conakry on April 6, 2022, after three days of interrogation by the court for the repression of economic and financial crime, who pursued him for alleged illegal gains and laundering of Federal funds.[4][5]
April 20, 2022, he was released from prison under control of the judiciary while awaiting trial.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Gouvernement Kassory : voici la liste des 33 ministres (Décret)". Guinée Matin - Les Nouvelles de la Guinée profonde (in French). 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Décret : Famourou Kourouma, nommé directeur de L'Office Guinéen du Pétrole (Onap L'info est en continu chez nous" (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Guinée : qui est Diakaria Koulibaly, le nouveau ministre des hydrocarbures ?". Guinée Matin - Les Nouvelles de la Guinée profonde (in French). 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ "Guinée: Ibrahima Kassory Fofana et trois anciens ministres sous mandat de dépôt". RFI (in French). 2022-04-06. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Guinée : l'ex-premier ministre Fofana et trois ex-ministres écroués pour "détournement" présumé". LEFIGARO (in French). 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Maison centrale : un des dignitaires du régime d'Alpha Condé libéré". Avenirguinee.org (in French). 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2022-04-20.