Sékou Kouréissy Condé is 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 politician and academic.

Condé was born in Kouroussa

Kouroussa

Kouroussa is a town located in northwestern Guinea, and is the capital of Kouroussa Prefecture. In 2008 it had an estimated population 10,165...

. After the death of his father, he lived with his uncle, El Hadj Sorry. He received a grant to study in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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 specifically at Charles University

Charles University in Prague

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 in Prague

Prague

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. In 1985 he received a doctorate in criminology

Criminology

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 and moved to Germany

Germany

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 where he worked as an assistant specialising in African affairs for the Christian Democratic Union

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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 (CDU/CSU).

After some years of exile, he returned to Guinea in 1993 and founded his own political party, ARENA. In 1997, President Lansana Conté

Lansana Conté

Lansana Conté was the second President of Guinea from 3 April 1984 until his death. He was a Muslim and a member of the Susu ethnic group.-Early life:...

 appointed him as Minister of Security. At the end of his service, he went into exile in the United States

United States

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, together with another former minister, Kassory Fofana.

Condé is currently teaching at Columbia University

Columbia University

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 and New York University

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's Institute of African-American Affairs and the Africana Studies Program, and President and co-founded of the American Council on Africa.