Fodéba Isto Keira Explained

Education:Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry
Residence:Conakry
Term Start1:2016
Office2:Minister of Arts and Culture
Nationality:Guinean
Office1:Secretary General of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Historical Patrimony
Primeminister2:Jean-Marie Doré
Primeminister3:Kabiné Komara
President2:Sékouba Konaté
Relations:Alpha Ibrahima Keira
Birth Place:Conakry
Office5:Director general of the Guinean Entertainment Agency
Fodéba Isto Keira
Primeminister1:Ibrahima Kassory Fofana
Birth Date:4 June 1961
Office3:Minister of Youth, Sports and youth employment
Office4:Director general of the Guinean Office of Publicity
Term Start5:1999
Term End5:2007
Term Start4:2007
Term End4:2008
Term Start3:2008
Term End3:2009
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:2010
President1:Alpha Condé
Father:Karim Keira
President3:Moussa Dadis Camara

Fodeba Isto Keira (born 4 June 1961 in Conakry) is a Guinean politician and cultural figure. He is a former Minister of Youth, Sports and youth employment and current Secretary general of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Historical Patrimony since 2016.[1] [2]

Biography

Born in Conakry, he began his education at the primary school Place des martyrs de Conakry where he obtained his certificate of primary education in 1976.

Fodeba Isto Keira achieved his BEPC (Brevet de fin d'étude de premier cycle), then the first and second part of the Baccalauréat at the collège et lycée Boulbinet.

In 1981, after his Baccalauréat, he joined the faculty of social sciences (FASSONAD) at Donka in the Philosophy Department from which he graduated with a diploma in Philosophy in 1986.

Career

Private sector

He began his career in Côte d’Ivoire working in companies specializing in laboratory equipment such as Groupe ETEC and ABAQUE CI.

After two years outside the country, Isto Keira returned to Guinea. By 1988 he had been recruited by the Société Nouvelle d’Assurance de Guinée (SONAG), and then by the Société des Boissons Naturelles de Guinée (BONAGUI).

Public sector

Between 1999 and 2007, Isto Keira was General Director of the Agence Guinéenne de Spectacle (AGS) under the presidency of general Lansana Conté and subsequently was Chief of Staff at the Guinean Public Relations Office (OGP).

During the transition of power in 2008, then-captain Moussa Dadis Camara named him Minister of Youth, Sports and youth employment. He was subsequently named Minister of Arts and Culture by general Sékouba Konaté in 2009, in the government of jean Marie Doré.

In 2016, Fodeba Isto Keira was named Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Historical Patrimony under the regime of president Alpha Condé.[3] [4]

Prizes and awards

Cultural figure

Fodeba Isto Keira is an international cultural consultant, producer of the festival international des Voix féminines (FIVOFEM), co-producer of the Djembe d’Or, producer delegated from the salon international de la musique africaine (SIMA) and president of the Office of Export of African Music (bureau export de la musique africaine) (BEMA).

Private life

His first name comes from the former minister Fodéba Keita, founder of the Les Ballets Africains.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Touré. Djibril Firawa. 2017-09-29. Decouverte: Fodeba Keira. 2020-05-20. Guinée Goal. fr.
  2. Web site: Portrait / Qui est Fodéba Isto Kéïra ?. 2020-05-20. www.nouvelledeguinee.com. fr.
  3. Web site: Fodéba Isto Keira – Afroguinée Magazine Premier site culturel de Guinée. 2020-05-20. fr.
  4. Web site: Guinéenews©. 2018-10-07. Ces familles qui dirigent la Guinée depuis 60 ans…. 2020-05-20. Guinéenews©. fr.