2017 in Guinea

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See also:	Other events of 2017 Timeline of Guinean history

Events in the year 2017 in Guinea.

Incumbents

• President: Alpha Condé
• Prime Minister: Mamady Youla

Events

• 21 January: Following the Gambian constitutional crisis former President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia on a plane reportedly bound for Guinea.

• July: Guinea passed a law that criminalized torture and abolished the death penalty.

Deaths

• 7 January: Cheick Fantamady Camara, 57, film director.
• 13 February: Momo Wandel Soumah, 39, footballer.
• 21 February: Jeanne Martin Cissé, 90, teacher and politician.
• 2 November: Somparé, 73, politician, President of the National Assembly (2002–2008).

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