Amara Camara

Amara Camara
Camara in 2017 with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
Ambassador of Guinea to Israel
In office 5 May 2017 – 3 February 2022
Ambassador of Guinea to Portugal
In office 29 March 2011 – 3 February 2022
Ambassador of Guinea to France
In office 29 March 2011 – 3 February 2022
Personal details
Born	Guinea
Died	(2023-09-09)September 9, 2023 Paris, France
Education	Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Occupation	Diplomat

Amara Camara (died 9 September 2023) was a Guinean diplomat.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Guinea, Camara studied public law at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He began working for UNESCO on 2 August 1971 in Paris. From 1975 to 1980, he was head of a correspondence unit in the office of the Deputy Director General for External Cooperation. He returned to Africa in 1980 and began working for the UNESCO office in Kinshasa as an equipment administrator for projects in Zaire. After a year, he returned to Paris and became a scholarship administrator for Africa and Latin America.[3] In 1985, he went to Senegal as an administrator for the regional office for education in Africa (BREDA). He then returned in 2001 as deputy director of BREDA. From 2003 to 2009, he was dean of the college of mediators of UNESCO, having helped resolve multiple conflicts between UNESCO staff and national administrations. On 13 November 2013, he became a member of UNESCO's advisory board, participating in numerous conferences on economic development, international cooperation, promotion of democracy, and good governance.

Under President Alpha Condé, Camara was appointed Ambassador of Guinea to France on 29 March 2011,[4] as well as Ambassador to Portugal at the same time. On 5 May 2017, he was appointed Ambassador to Israel. On 3 February 2022, in the wake of the 2021 coup d'état, he was recalled to Guinea, as were 34 other Guinean ambassadors abroad.[5]

Camara was the founding president of the Association de lutte contre la pauvreté (KOSIMANKAN),[6] working on projects to create an educational center and a health center for underprivileged children,[7] which covered 200 districts in the Siguiri Prefecture and the Kankan Prefecture.[8]

Amara Camara died in Paris on 9 September 2023.[9]

References

1. Souleyna, Thierno (9 September 2023). "Diplomatique : décès en France de l'ex-ambassadeur Amara Camara". Guinéenews (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
2. "Guinéen de l'étranger : Amara Camara, ambassadeur de la république de Guinée en France". Guinee360.com (in French). 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
3. "Ambassade de Guinée en France : qui en veut, avec autant d'animosité, à Amara Camara?". Mediaguinee.com (in French). 12 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
4. "Amara Camara, ambassadeur de Guinée en France : "ce n'est pas une faveur d'avoir un passeport. C'est un droit"". Mediaguinee.com (in French). 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
5. Sanoh, Sekou (4 February 2022). "Purge dans les Ambassades guinéennes : 34 Ambassadeurs nommés par Alpha Condé rappelés (décret)". Guinéenews (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
6. "KOSIMANKAN". Association de lutte contre la pauvreté (in French).
7. "87 femmes de Haute-Guinée soutenues dans leur projet d'autonomie". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 9 April 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
8. "Les projets du pôle agriculture". Les Enfants de l'Aïr (in French).
9. "Communiqué : Décès de S.E. Monsieur Amara CAMARA ex ambassadeur de la République de Guinée à Paris". Radio Kankan (in French). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.