found: His L'Etat au service du développement, 1986:p. 3 (Général de brigade Lansana Conte, Président du CMRN, Président de la République [Guinea])
found: Le Général Lansana Conte, chef de l'Etat ... 1996.
found: French Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 23, 2008(Lansana Conté; b. 1934, Moussayah Loumbaya, Kindia Region, Guinea, French West Africa; d. Dec. 22, 2008, Conakry, Guinea; president of Guinea, Apr. 3, 1984-Dec. 22, 2008)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Conté, Lansana; President, foreign military officer; born 20 November 1934 in Dubreka, French Guinea; joined Republic of Guinea's newly created armed forces as a professional soldier and a military leader (1959); then President Touré promoted him to captain (1971); commander of the Fifth Operational Zone of Boké in support of fighters of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (1971); attended officers' training in Minsk (USSR) (1975); army deputy chief of staff and head of President's security detail (1977); promoted to major and to colonel (1977, 1982); following a coup, under a Military Committee for National Redemption (CMRN), agreed to serve as CMRN president until Touré's death (1984); died 22 December 2008 in Guinea)