Diallo Telli | |
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Representative of Guinea at the United Nations | |
In office September 1958 – June 1964 | |
Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity | |
In office 21 July 1964 – 15 June 1972 | |
Preceded by | Kifle Wodajo |
Succeeded by | Nzo Ekangaki |
Minister of Justice of Guinea | |
In office 21 August 1972 – 18 July 1976 | |
Preceded by | Sikhé Camara |
Succeeded by | Lansana Diané |
Personal details | |
Born | 1925 Porédaka, Guinea |
Died | February 1977 Camp Boiro, Guinea |
Boubacar Diallo Telli (1925 – February 1977) was a Guinean diplomat and politician. He helped found the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and was the second secretary-general of the OAU between 1964 and 1972. After serving as Minister of Justice in Guinea for four years he was executed by starvation by the regime of Ahmed Sékou Touré at Camp Boiro in 1977.[1]