Albert Liurette was a Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

n physician and politician. Liurette studied at the Ecole de medicine in Dakar

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

, obtaining a diploma in African medicine. Ahead of the June 17, 1951 election

French legislative election, 1951

Legislative elections were held in France on 17 June 1951 to elect the second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic.After the Second World War, the three parties which took a major part in the French Resistance to the German occupation dominated the political scene and government: the French...

 to the French National Assembly

French National Assembly

The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....

, Liurette was placed on the second place on the list of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO). Obtaining 67,480 votes (30.5%), the SFIO won two of the three seats allocated to Guinea. Yaciné Diallo

Yacine Diallo

Yacine Diallo was a politician from Guinea who served in the French National Assembly from 1946-1954 .- references :...

and Liurette were elected to the National Assembly.

Liurette became a secretary of the National Assembly in January 1955.