General Gilbert Diendéré

Gilbert Diendéré reinforced security around the presidential palace (AC Vol 54 No 10 Pillars of the regime)...

For security Compaoré relies on the Special Chief-of-Staff Brigadier General Gilbert Diendéré a discreet but constant presence since Compaoré’s French-backed coup removed Captain Thomas Sankara from power in 1987 (AC Vol 41 No 23 Stuck in the sand)...

The home of the Garde Présidentielle Commander Lieutenant General Gilbert Diendéré was burnt down...

It includes men with close ties to Guinea's military and political factions: Defence Minister Yéro Boly Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Bédouma Yoda and the head of Compaoré's own Presidential Guard Lieutenant General Gilbert Diendéré...

Any aspiring President would want to be on good terms with Colonel Gilbert Diendéré chief of the President's military staff and commander of his security troops...

During the trial the Chief of Staff and RSP Commander Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Diendéré denied all responsibility for the events and seemed to dissociate himself from Compaoré who appears to lack a strong supporter among senior military officers...

Gilbert Diendéré head of the political police presidential friend and private Chief-of-Staff - and therefore commander of the RSP (Presidential Guard)...

Kafando who hails from Boulsa played a key role in bringing Compaoré to power and is also close to Commander Gilbert Diendéré Compaoré's personal Chief of Staff...