Fodéba Isto Keira
Secretary General of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Historical Patrimony
Assumed office
2016
PresidentAlpha Condé
Prime MinisterIbrahima Kassory Fofana
Minister of Arts and Culture
In office
2009–2010
PresidentSékouba Konaté
Prime MinisterJean-Marie Doré
Minister of Youth, Sports and youth employment
In office
2008–2009
PresidentMoussa Dadis Camara
Prime MinisterKabiné Komara
Director general of the Guinean Office of Publicity
In office
2007–2008
Director general of the Guinean Entertainment Agency
In office
1999–2007
Personal details
Born (1961-06-04) 4 June 1961
Conakry
NationalityGuinean
RelationsAlpha Ibrahima Keira
Parent
ResidenceConakry
EducationUniversité Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry

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

  • 2017: He received the medal of cultural merit during the Fiftieth anniversary of the Republic of Guinea,
  • 2017: recipient of the International Olympic Committee prize.

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.

References

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