2025 Guinean presidential election
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28 December 2025
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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Guinea on 28 December 2025. They are the first to be held in the country since the 2021 Guinean coup d'état that installed general Mamady Doumbouya as president.[1]
Background
[edit]The election month was announced by Prime Minister Bah Oury at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on 12 May 2025.[1] In June 2025, the ruling military junta established the Directorate General of Elections (DGE) to oversee the election.[2] The election was scheduled for 28 December 2025 by a decree read by Doumbouya on national television on 27 September 2025.[3]
Electoral system
[edit]Candidates were required to submit a deposit of 875 million Guinean francs ($100,000).[4] Candidates were also required to be residing in Guinea and aged between 40 and 80 years.[5]
Candidates
[edit]A total of 11 people submitted their candidacies before the Supreme Court by the deadline of candidate registration on 3 November 2025. These included:[5]
- Mamady Doumbouya, incumbent president.[6]
- Lansana Kouyaté, former prime minister.[6]
- Ousmane Kaba, former minister.[6]
- Amadou Thierno Diallo, former minister.[7]
- Ben Youssouf Keita.[7]
On 8 November, the Supreme Court released a provisional list of nine candidates which included Doumbouya but excluded Kouyaté and Kaba.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Guinea: General and presidential elections to be held in December 2025". Africanews. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Guinea's military junta sets up election body for upcoming votes". AP News. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "La présidentielle en Guinée aura lieu le 28 décembre". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ^ "Guinea's coup leader enters presidential race". BBC. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ a b "Guinea's junta leader enters the December presidential race". Africanews. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ a b c "Guinea's junta leader decides to run for president 4 years after leading a coup". AP News. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ a b "Monday marks final day for Guinea presidential election candidacies". Africanews. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ "Guinea's supreme court releases provisional list of presidential candidates". AP News. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
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